[Comphelp] Bulk E-Mailing of District Newsletters
Bob Brandenstein
robert.brandenstein@verizon.net
Tue, 4 May 2004 10:54:48 -0400
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Folks,
This is not a new problem, but it's new to me.
Like others, we in District 7 we have been urging our Squadrons to =
E-Mail their newsletters as much use as possible, maintaining current =
E-Mail addresses using DB2000. Some Squadrons have, most have not. Fine =
and well.
But as I prepare to send out a broadcast E-Mail to all D7 members with =
E-Mail addresses (about 400 members, at the moment), I encounter a =
problem in administering this quantity of E-Mail addresses. As far as I =
can tell, MS Outlook and Outlook Express are not designed to send E-Mail =
to large groups. Also, I do not wish to add 400 members of D7 to my =
Outlook address book. Moreover, as we go forward, D7 will have well over =
a thousand E-Mail addresses in its database. So the question is, how do =
we best administer the E-Mailing of our District newsletters?
As I search around the Internet I find many commercial bulk E-Mail =
software offerings which can likely handle this problem, including the =
administration of newsletters. But I have no benchmarks against which to =
measure strengths or weaknesses, or to judge price performance.
This would seem to be a problem not unique to me, or to D7, but one =
which would be faced by any Squadron or District who opts to move toward =
greater use of electronic communications.
Like as not, someone has trod this path in the past.
I would appreciate any guidance from someone more knowledgeable, and =
more experienced, than I on the subject.
Cheers,
Bob Brandenstein
D7 Commander
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Folks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>This is not a new problem, =
but it's new=20
to me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Like others, we in District 7 =
we have=20
been urging our Squadrons to E-Mail their newsletters as much use as =
possible,=20
maintaining current E-Mail addresses using DB2000. Some =
Squadrons=20
have, most have not. Fine and well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>But as I prepare to send out =
a broadcast=20
E-Mail to all D7 members with E-Mail addresses (about 400 members, at =
the=20
moment), I encounter a problem in administering this quantity=20
of E-Mail addresses. As far as I can tell, MS Outlook =
and=20
Outlook Express are not designed to send E-Mail to large groups. Also, I =
do not=20
wish to add 400 members of D7 to my Outlook address book. Moreover, as =
we go=20
forward, D7 will have well over a thousand E-Mail addresses in its =
database. So=20
the question is, how do we best administer the E-Mailing of our District =
newsletters?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>As I search around the =
Internet I find=20
many commercial bulk E-Mail software offerings which can likely handle =
this=20
problem, including the administration of newsletters. But I have no =
benchmarks=20
against which to measure strengths or weaknesses, or to judge price=20
performance.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>This would seem to be a =
problem not=20
unique to me, or to D7, but one which would be faced by any Squadron or =
District=20
who opts to move toward greater use of electronic =
communications.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Like as not, someone =
has trod this=20
path in the past.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>I would appreciate any =
guidance from=20
someone more knowledgeable, and more experienced, than I on the=20
subject.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>Bob Brandenstein</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"MS Sans Serif" size=3D2>D7 Commander</FONT></DIV>
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