New Posts For Thread: Some thoughts on mailed in selections ….https://community.betfair.com/your_competitions/go/thread/view/94214/31882981/some-thoughts-on-mailed-in-selectionsI’m not sure of the full history regarding the acceptance of mailed in selections for these competitions. Presumably they were introduced to help some competitors who had fallen foul of forum rules.More to come on this but feel free to contribute.https://community.betfair.com/your_competitions/go/thread/view/94214/31882981/some-thoughts-on-mailed-in-selections?post_id=564948753#564948753Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:17:59 -0500Thanks for your input soldierhttps://community.betfair.com/your_competitions/go/thread/view/94214/31882981/some-thoughts-on-mailed-in-selections?post_id=564948727#564948727Thanks for your input soldierSun, 31 Aug 2025 04:42:33 -0500swifty thank you for the points you raise above, all of which make perfect sense.The following touches in part, but not in full, on the debate that sometimes arises regarding emailed selections.The situation that you’ve outlined does raise its headhttps://community.betfair.com/your_competitions/go/thread/view/94214/31882981/some-thoughts-on-mailed-in-selections?post_id=564948611#564948611swifty thank you for the points you raise above, all of which make perfect sense.The following touches in part, but not in full, on the debate that sometimes arises regarding emailed selections.The situation that you’ve outlined does raise its headSun, 31 Aug 2025 03:05:33 -0500*four divisionshttps://community.betfair.com/your_competitions/go/thread/view/94214/31882981/some-thoughts-on-mailed-in-selections?post_id=564948571#564948571*four divisionsSun, 31 Aug 2025 02:15:33 -0500For the most part, the system works fine.Final days can be problematic as can mailed in selections for other competitions (apart from the foru divisions).https://community.betfair.com/your_competitions/go/thread/view/94214/31882981/some-thoughts-on-mailed-in-selections?post_id=564948569#564948569For the most part, the system works fine.Final days can be problematic as can mailed in selections for other competitions (apart from the foru divisions).Sun, 31 Aug 2025 02:15:04 -0500There is another rule which causes contention. On the final day of the month when the winner is decided, selections cannot be duplicated.For the competitor who post his/her own selection on the forum, this doesn't pose a problem.For the mailer-in, hehttps://community.betfair.com/your_competitions/go/thread/view/94214/31882981/some-thoughts-on-mailed-in-selections?post_id=564948565#564948565There is another rule which causes contention. On the final day of the month when the winner is decided, selections cannot be duplicated.For the competitor who post his/her own selection on the forum, this doesn't pose a problem.For the mailer-in, heSun, 31 Aug 2025 01:58:36 -0500Without going into all the rules, competition entries have to be checked (or corrected) for validity. A simple race time error does not cause an entry to be invalid as long as the horse name can be discerned and is unambiguous. The contentious rule ihttps://community.betfair.com/your_competitions/go/thread/view/94214/31882981/some-thoughts-on-mailed-in-selections?post_id=564948557#564948557Without going into all the rules, competition entries have to be checked (or corrected) for validity. A simple race time error does not cause an entry to be invalid as long as the horse name can be discerned and is unambiguous. The contentious rule iSun, 31 Aug 2025 01:47:47 -0500Competition selections by e-mail obviously depend upon the e-mail system. In our case, there is an e-mail address (napscomp@gmail.com) that competitors can send entries to. These mails are forwarded automatically to nominated people (settlers personahttps://community.betfair.com/your_competitions/go/thread/view/94214/31882981/some-thoughts-on-mailed-in-selections?post_id=564948551#564948551Competition selections by e-mail obviously depend upon the e-mail system. In our case, there is an e-mail address (napscomp@gmail.com) that competitors can send entries to. These mails are forwarded automatically to nominated people (settlers personaSun, 31 Aug 2025 01:38:18 -0500I’m not sure of the full history regarding the acceptance of mailed in selections for these competitions. Presumably they were introduced to help some competitors who had fallen foul of forum rules.More to come on this but feel free to contribute.https://community.betfair.com/your_competitions/go/thread/view/94214/31882981/some-thoughts-on-mailed-in-selections?post_id=564948547#564948547I’m not sure of the full history regarding the acceptance of mailed in selections for these competitions. Presumably they were introduced to help some competitors who had fallen foul of forum rules.More to come on this but feel free to contribute.Sun, 31 Aug 2025 01:02:23 -0500