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A Resurfacer channel sends links drawn at random from everything in its sources, however long ago they were added, at the days and times you choose.

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How is Resurfacer different from Delta?

Delta sends only what’s new since its last delivery, while Resurfacer can send links you saved years ago.

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How do I set up a Resurfacer channel?

1

Open the cadence

Make a new channel with N, then D, or choose Edit channel on an existing channel’s card on Channels. Under Cadence, choose Resurfacer.
2

Choose how many links

Set Links per delivery, from 1 to 20. It starts at 1.
3

Choose repetition

Exhaust, the default, sends every link once before any repeats. Allowed draws from all links every time.
4

Choose when

Select the days, then a time for each day in 24-hour form. Add time adds another time to a day. Set Every N weeks from 1 to 12.
5

Give it sources and an endpoint

Subscribe it to curations from their Subscribe buttons, include Following if you like, and choose where it sends.
The channel’s card then reads, for example, “Resurfacer · 3 links · Exhaust”. Never within one delivery. With Exhaust, you get every link once before any comes back. With Allowed, each delivery draws on its own, so a link can return the next time. A link that’s in several of the channel’s curations counts once.

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What counts as sent?

A link counts as sent once its delivery is sent. It doesn’t count if the delivery was Not sent, Refused by receiver, Cancelled, or Withheld, so with Exhaust it stays in the draw. You get all of them. With Exhaust, when fewer unsent links remain than the number you chose, you get the rest, topped up from a fresh round. If the sources are empty at a scheduled time, an email, text, or phone channel records a Cancelled delivery and sends nothing.

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Does changing the settings start over?

Switching a channel to Resurfacer, or from Allowed to Exhaust, does. Either one starts a fresh round: every link is unsent again. Yes. With Following as a source, a Resurfacer draws from every public curation of the curators you follow, including links they added long ago.

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What does a Resurfacer delivery look like?

  • Email: one email per scheduled time, like any delivery.
  • Text message: a single link is sent in the text; several are sent as a link to the delivery page.
  • Phone call: Delivia talks through the picks, and doesn’t call them new.
  • Webhook or Agent: one delivery with every pick.

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Does it follow my timezone?

Yes, the one in Settings. Changing it moves every channel’s schedule.