Stop Found Cache Notifications

[+Calcows 4]

Anybody know if there is a way to stop email notifications of "found etc." for caches owned?.  I have turned off all email preferences except Newsletter in my profile.  I know I could write an email rule to put in the trash, but logic says this would be an obvious preference setting.  

Would still want to keep notifications for new / released caches.

[+cerberus1 3329]

39 minutes ago, Calcows said:

Anybody know if there is a way to stop email notifications of "found etc." for caches owned?.  I have turned off all email preferences except Newsletter in my profile. 

I know I could write an email rule to put in the trash, but logic says this would be an obvious preference setting.  

Would still want to keep notifications for new / released caches.

 

Write an "email rule" if you don't want to receive "Found It" logs from thankful cachers.   The "etc." is the best part. Thanks.  

 

 

 

[+barefootjeff 3834]

1 hour ago, Calcows said:

Anybody know if there is a way to stop email notifications of "found etc." for caches owned?

 

It's a cache owner's responsibility "To make sure your geocache is in good health, monitor the logs and visit the cache site periodically" so allowing you to disable those logs would run counter to this.

[+lee737 445]

Sorry.... but if you don't want to see logs from your own caches, you should just go and collect them all and archive them.

[+CAVinoGal 661]

1 hour ago, Calcows said:

Anybody know if there is a way to stop email notifications of "found etc." for caches owned?. ...  I know I could write an email rule to put in the trash,

 

One of the responsibilities of being a cache owner is to monitor cache logs and the cache page; getting a notification when someone posts a note, writes a log, etc on your cache page, to me, is tremendously helpful - I don't have to visit the cache page for all my owned caches to see what is happening, I can just read through emails and then take action as needed.  More than once I've been alerted to a problem, and I could then resolve it before there were other negative logs.

 

I enjoy reading logs cachers leave on my hides.  Yes,, some are simply TFTC or :), but some leave very nice logs, and some are informative and helpful or alert me that the cache has moved or is NOT the one I hid!  

[Keystone 3455]

I moved this thread from the "Create Adventure Labs" forum section.

[+L0ne.R 1853]

32 minutes ago, Keystone said:

I moved this thread from the "Create Adventure Labs" forum section.

 

Is the OP talking about only AL logs?

[+barefootjeff 3834]

8 minutes ago, L0ne.R said:

 

Is the OP talking about only AL logs?

 

I doubt it as there aren't any email notifications for AL logs. The only indication you get of any activity is when someone logs the bonus cache.

Edited January 10 by barefootjeff

[+L0ne.R 1853]

1 hour ago, barefootjeff said:

 

I doubt it as there aren't any email notifications for AL logs. The only indication you get of any activity is when someone logs the bonus cache.

 

Thanks. That makes sense, and looking into it I see that the OP has a series of caches along a trail. Those tend to be popular and generate a lot of logs. 

 

 

 

Edited January 10 by L0ne.R

[+Goldenwattle 1656]

5 hours ago, Calcows said:

Anybody know if there is a way to stop email notifications of "found etc." for caches owned?.  I have turned off all email preferences except Newsletter in my profile.  I know I could write an email rule to put in the trash, but logic says this would be an obvious preference setting.  

Would still want to keep notifications for new / released caches.

As a cache owner you are meant to read the logs to see if there are any problems, because it's your responsibility to go fix any problems. If you don't want to do this, you should not have published the caches. In theory problems should be reported with a NM log, but in practice this often doesn't happen, and the only way you might learn about a problem, is by reading the found logs.

[+lee737 445]

2 hours ago, barefootjeff said:

 

I doubt it as there aren't any email notifications for AL logs. The only indication you get of any activity is when someone logs the bonus cache.

And that is one of the things about ALs that annoys me - no logs....

 

[+cerberus1 3329]

19 minutes ago, Goldenwattle said:

As a cache owner you are meant to read the logs to see if there are any problems, because it's your responsibility to go fix any problems.

If you don't want to do this, you should not have published the caches.

In theory problems should be reported with a NM log, but in practice this often doesn't happen, and the only way you might learn about a problem, is by reading the found logs.

 

Yep.  We read all logs and stop there n check before they become an NM. Locals just passing by email us through the system too if issues.

I kinda agree with the second sentence, but we've seen so many examples over the years of "place n forget" hides, to realize this happens a lot.

[+cerberus1 3329]

Maybe it's just me, but the thing that bothers me most about this is the lack of respect paid the finder's effort in logging thanks.

Sure some may be TFTC, but others are also giving FPs...

[+CAVinoGal 661]

1 hour ago, lee737 said:

And that is one of the things about ALs that annoys me - no logs....

 

There ARE logs (though people don 't have to write anything, and some don't) but I, as a CO, need to open the app or the cache page on my laptop to see who left a log.  So there are logs, but there are no notifications when someone completes the lab, or leaves a log. (Not arguing with you Lee - just clarifying!  I agree, and it annoys me too, that there are no notifications for AL's).

[+lee737 445]

4 hours ago, CAVinoGal said:

So there are logs, but there are no notifications when someone completes the lab, or leaves a log. (Not arguing with you Lee - just clarifying!  I

I should have been more specific.... yep, no notifications.... that's the main reason we've got bonus caches on ours, for notifications, and a decent write up (at least from some...). I didn't sense an argument

 

[+barefootjeff 3834]

10 minutes ago, lee737 said:

I should have been more specific.... yep, no notifications.... that's the main reason we've got bonus caches on ours, for notifications, and a decent write up (at least from some...). I didn't sense an argument

 

 

Yeah, my Wreck of the Maitland AL had a bunch of finds in the first day after it went live in September but had been deathly quiet after that to the point where I'd given up checking the activity logs. It was only a find on the bonus last Friday that made me aware someone else had finally done it.

Edited January 11 by barefootjeff

[+lee737 445]

I can't work out why HQ wouldn't have included find logs/notifications for ALs. In fact they are truly fire and forget. I wonder in a while, as people leave the game, their ALs will still be zombie-ing along, like a ghost ship in the mist.

[+IceColdUK 1041]

10 hours ago, cerberus1 said:

Maybe it's just me, but the thing that bothers me most about this is the lack of respect paid the finder's effort in logging thanks.

Sure some may be TFTC, but others are also giving FPs...

Agree completely, though I wonder whether the OP is just trying to avoid the disappointment of another ‘TFTC’ log? 😉

[+hzoi 1580]

21 hours ago, Calcows said:

Anybody know if there is a way to stop email notifications of "found etc." for caches owned?.  I have turned off all email preferences except Newsletter in my profile.  I know I could write an email rule to put in the trash, but logic says this would be an obvious preference setting.  

Would still want to keep notifications for new / released caches.

 

So, you want to place caches, but you don't want to get emails for the logs anymore. I'm not sure that's a great solution, as reading logs is how I track whether my caches need maintenance. (Not everyone leaves a needs maintenance log, some just obliquely refer to issues in their found it log.) But you seem to have a pretty good track record of owner maintenance, so hopefully you have something else in mind.

 

You can't stop getting logs for caches you own. You can either set a new primary email address, or you can set a filter rule for your  emails that sends all of a particular set of emails to its own location. So if you wanted all your PTA found it logs to go someplace different from your other cache logs, you could set a rule for your emails with "PTA" in the subject to go to a separate PTA folder.

[+G0ldNugget 34]

On 1/10/2021 at 3:56 PM, L0ne.R said:

the OP has a series of caches along a trail. Those tend to be popular and generate a lot of logs. 

 

If the OP is getting so many logs that it is crowding their Inbox, perhaps they could open a separate email account (like a gmail) just for geocaching and update in Settings/ Email Preferences. That way, the logs wont overflow their main inbox and they all will be available in one easy location.

Edited January 12 by G0ldNugget
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[+lee737 445]

Email filters.... I have an inbox for local notifications around us, but let my owned cache logs come to my main inbox.... getting one can be a highlight in my day.... doesn't happen every day

My sons caches go on my watchlist as soon as they publish, and they divert to my inbox too.

[+barefootjeff 3834]

12 minutes ago, lee737 said:

Email filters.... I have an inbox for local notifications around us, but let my owned cache logs come to my main inbox.... getting one can be a highlight in my day.... doesn't happen every day

My sons caches go on my watchlist as soon as they publish, and they divert to my inbox too.

 

Yeah, mine were deathly quiet during December, with only two finds logged and both early in the month, but in the last week things have livened up a bit as a bunch of nemophilists from up north invaded this sleepy hollow . I have a dedicated email account just for geocaching stuff so it stays separate from the real world.