[Comphelp] Bulk E-Mailing of District Newsletters

[Dave Donkers]

Bob  --

I don't use Outlook, but I believe that you can set up
multiple address "books" (I know this can be done in Netscape).
Then keep the email addresses for D/7 in that address book -
I think that's the term Outlook uses.  Managing any list
larger than a few hundred will always be a bit of a hassle.  8^)

I personally wouldn't use remailers - they are often on
servers that are used for spam, which may be blocked by
some recipients' ISPs.  I'm not familiar with any bulk
mailing programs, but that shouldn't be a problem as long
as the email is sent from your ISP.  For the best of such
software, try looking in www.tudogs.com or www.tucows.com.
www.download.com may have something, but be sure to do a
re-sort on free license only.

Dave Donkers   DuPage   D/20

Bob Brandenstein wrote:
> 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
>  
>