wolfmail version 2.0

[jay]

just posted this but thought i'd repost it over here for everyone as well:

Wolfmail version 2.0!
Evening all,

Team Wolf are always very busy behind the scenes and in recent times there's been no exception. For the past few months, we've been working on creating a brand new official mailing list, after encountering many a hiccup with the old system - we're sure you may have noticed - but now we can finally announce the launch of Wolfmail version 2.0!

Sadly, with the way the old system works, we can't import any information about those of you who had signed up in the past over to the new system - in short, this means that if you'd like to be on the new official Patrick Wolf mailing list, you will have to sign up again. But wait, there's more! We're offering those of you who switch over to the new system a free gift... We've rooted around and dusted off an exclusive, never-before-released demo of Wolf Song, which you will be able to download once you have fully completed the sign up process. This free gift will only be available for ONE WEEK ONLY - so please be quick if you want to grab this lovely demo.

No more mails will be sent out via the old system, so if you want to keep up to date on all the latest Wolf news, gigs, exclusive offers, interviews, reviews and the like, please consider making the move with us to the new system. It promises to be much more efficient - meaning that not only can we get all the info over to you in a timely fashion, it will all be relevant to your interests and it will be local to you, so you won't receive info about gigs in Europe if you live in Australia, etc.

We hope that this will reduce a lot of frustration that we met when sending mails from the old system, not just on your part but on ours as well!

The new sign up link can be located here: patrickwolf.com/wolfmail

Remember, the offer of the Wolf Song demo is only available for ONE WEEK, so get registering and stay in the Wolf loop!

Love,

Team Wolf x

hope this irons out all the problems we've had in the past. x

[papilioulysses]

THANK YOUUU! demo received. hope the mails just as well.

[jay]

i see no reason why you shouldn't receive mails if everything else has gone to plan so far! i'm really excited for this. i'm so glad it's working... i tested it earlier today and it worked for me but there's nothing like seeing the subscribed user count going up and up every time i refresh and seeing that all those users are confirmed!

glad you got the demo, too. what do you think? i love it!

[papilioulysses]

DEMO'S GREEEEAT! ...now on repeat! (:

& i can't wait to get my first wolfmail. haha

[jackabuss]

That absolutely beautiful demo got me thinking....
MORE FLUTEs or whatever it is at the start of the song, the same with Pumpkin Soup.....
I loved this about Patrick Wolf when i was younger....
Had quite forgetten.
Wolf Song is quite utterly lovely.
Gotta play the Lycanthropy album a bit more again
:)xx

[jay]

that's what i thought when i heard it. it's like a whole new song, it's ace. cheers for signing up again, by the way.

[bluecat]

Woot! New email system! Like the location specific bit.

Just signed up. Now only waiting for that confirmation email, which has the demo in it I guess?

I'm glad Team Wolf did this. Thanks. Hopefully I won't get lost emails anymore. :]

[cookegmp]

I always seem to like the demos better than the tracks that get released. I feel like he second guesses himself and "mainstreams" the tracks.

[Teen Wolf]

got the confirmation e-mail, how do i get the demo?, i don't see any links/attachments in the email.

EDIT!
demo seems exclusive to UK dwellers, as does the confirmation link. hatred toward Canadians will not be tolerated (BATTLE!). commonwealth people, commonwealth, the queen ain't on my loonie cause her profile is striking.

long story short, you must lie about your origins to get the demo. and if i must lie about living in the uk, then i also choose to be eurotrash, burberry caps for all.

[themagpie]

so the demo shows that its off of "Teratology. vol.1*" ..
does this mean that the project is game on??

oh and ps.. its sooo soooo lovely!!! suddenly wolf song happens to be my favorite all over again. =)

[honestthief]

no wonder....that's why i haven't received a confirmation mail or link, it's because i'm from australia. stuff this...i'm signing up again

[andy]

Got it alright from Finland.

[stephy]

Oct 8, 2009 7:55:35 GMT honestthief said:

no wonder....that's why i haven't received a confirmation mail or link, it's because i'm from australia. stuff this...i'm signing up again

really? i said i was from australia and i got the link alright. fantastic demo btw! love it!

[jay]

where you come from should not affect you receiving the link to download the demo... the link is in your second confirmation email.

it kind of defeats the point of us enabling a location option if you lie about where you are from, too. we did NOT set an option to send only UK users a demo, that isn't even possible. and why would we offer the demo to everyone if we were only going to send it to a small portion of users? that's lame.

there are 2 emails in total you will receive after signing up. the first one is called 'Confirm your subscription to the official Patrick Wolf mailing list' and you must click the first link to confirm your email address to receive the second email, titled 'Nice to meet you...'.

again, as with the last mailing list system, check your spam folders and ensure nothing has accidentally been sent there. it may also help to add [e-mail] to your address book as this is the address you will receive emails from.

if you did not confirm your email address by clicking the link in the first email we sent to you after you signed up, you will not receive the demo. please ensure you have clicked the link to confirm your email addresses.

if you haven't, or you've deleted/lost the email just sign up again and you should receive another email asking you to confirm your address. and don't lie about your location

eta: i got bold/italic happy on this post. excuse me.

[juli]

Thanks Jay for giving us the heads up. I've subscribed and now I'm listening to this wonderful demo. I love it.

[dot]

I have signed up and currently listening to the demo. Thanks Jay.

[jay]

glad to hear that! i like hearing feedback as well cos then if there's any issues i can hopefully iron them out. i can see the 'unconfirmed' user total is slowly going down too, which is a relief ;D

[honestthief]

okay, it's true, nothing about where you're located. though it looks like i get no email if i sign up using my msn email, it worked with gmail, so all is well. thanks, and the demo is awesome!

[jay]

i think for a week hotmail/msn blacklisted our system (not the team wolf system personally, but the system we are using) because of complaints. apparently it might take a while for emails to get to those users who are with hotmail/msn... see blog post.

eta: i'm also seeing users signing up with typos in their email address... lol. i can't stress enough that if you don't receive what you think you should be receiving (i.e. the all-important confirmation email) just sign up again. it doesn't stress out our servers or annoy us or really do anything bad except allow you to get the email you're supposed to be getting win all round!

[newslang]

Was I one of the typos? haha... probably haven't received it because of the hotmail issue... oh well, I will wait then! Good work Jay