My plan for the newsletter was to create an outlet for keeping in touch with casual visitors who just want monthly updates and some useful PD tips they can apply, especially people who don't want to invest hours reading the longer articles on the site. Many people don't understand RSS feeds or blogs, but they do understand email. Given the ratio of blog traffic to newsletter subscribers, it doesn't make sense to turn the newsletter into something that would compete with the blog. It's more likely that the newsletter will remain a very casual communication outlet.
For good measure there will also be some unique content in each issue, so long-term visitors can still benefit from the newsletter as well.
The newsletter is just an email, so if you delete it, it's gone. If your ISP blocks or filters it, you don't receive it. For good or ill, that's the nature of email communication.
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