Back in April, I let you know that we had received a Notification of Discontinuation from Blogger concerning the "Follow by Email" service we have been using on Mile Markers for years. The "Follow by Email" feature allowed you to have an email sent to you each time we posted.
That feature proved to be popular among many readers. In fact, some that receive the email, read the entire post in the email and need to read each post in their email for various reasons.
Google says "Follow by Email" will be going away in July. They have been known to extend deadlines such as this, but eventually, the service will end.
I have looked for similar services and have found one that other users in Blogger are using with some success. I have added it to the layout on our page and added our own email address. It has been sending notifications each morning. If I post between 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM, as I usually do, you should receive an email around 8:00 AM Eastern.
There are two inconveniences of this new service.
Number one, you will have to enter your email address, hit subscribe and then confirm you want to receive the notices. Many of you signed up years ago, but if you want to be notified, you will have to sign up again.
If you are viewing on a phone or tablet, you will probably have to scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "View On Desktop". The new service is circled in green below and the old Blogger service has a red X.
You should receive a confirmation email and once you respond to it, you should get an email similar to the one below.
Click on the link and it will take you to Mile Markers.
The second inconvenience that I mentioned is that the email only supplies a link. I have not been able to find a way for the whole post to be within the notification email, but I am still exploring. It may be in the settings of the new service and I have not found it yet.
I am open to help with this.
Let me recap. The "Follow by Email" service is going away.
I have added a new service. You can find it in the Desktop View on the top right side.
If you would like to continue receiving email notifications, enter your email address and hit subscribe.
You should receive an email and you will have to confirm.
It only sends a link for now, not the whole post. Ugh!
Is that about as clear as mud? I will post this again in the next couple of weeks in order to prevent some of our faithful readers from losing the email notifications.
If you have never received email notifications, now is a good time to ask for those and never miss an exciting OR dull post.😁
Thank you for reading today.
Davy
