In this edition of PhotoPoint Flash, our bimonthly newsletter ~ Performance update ~ 'One For The Parks' program ~ Introducing our new Community Magazine ~ Send us your hi-res photos ~ Win a digital camera in our member survey ~ Last chance to enter the Father's Day Sweepstakes __________________________________________ This issue of the PhotoPoint Flash newsletter is sponsored by NextCard. Customize your NextCard Visa with any photo! It's easy! Plus, get great rates as low as 2.9% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR. All in under 30 seconds! Apply now at http://www.photopoint.com/redirects/nextcard.html __________________________________________ Performance Update Some users of PhotoPoint.com may have experienced delays over the last few days. The problem - which has now been resolved - came from outside PhotoPoint in the form of an attempted "denial of service" attack, similar to those launched against eBay, Amazon and Yahoo! in recent months. In such attacks, unknown persons (for unknown reasons!) attempt to flood a site with frivolous service requests, solely for the purpose of slowing site performance. For those who were affected by this problem, we apologize. Rest assured, however, that even in such circumstances, your photos were never at risk. In addition, we have taken measures to identify the source of the attacks, and to prevent any future incidents. ___ Use Your Photos To Save Our National Parks America's priceless treasures are in danger. After decades of record crowds and budget cuts, the National Parks need billions of dollars in repairs and preservation. And we can help. PhotoPoint.com is proud to announce 'One For The Parks,' our powerful new email greeting campaign to encourage our government to devote 1% of the federal budget surplus to America's National Parks. Just create a free PhotoPoint personalized email greeting, using your favorite picture of the Parks or one from the PhotoPoint National Parks Gallery, and we'll send it to your Senators and President Clinton. Take advantage of this free and easy way to show your support for preserving the National Parks for our children and our children's children. Make sure your voice is heard - and your favorite National Parks photo is seen - in Washington. Send 'One For The Parks' at http://www.photopoint.com/poftp/page_five.html ___ Time's Running Out on Our Father's Day Contest Just a few days left to enter to win a scanner for Dad in the Father's Day Sweepstakes, sponsored by PhotoPoint.com and AmazingMail.com. Entries close at midnight Eastern time, Saturday, June 17th - just as Father's Day begins! To enter, just send an AmazingMail postcard, personalized with your favorite photo and greeting. For each card you send, you'll be entered to win a free Acer 640BU push-button scanner - a $129 value. Your first three AmazingMail postcards are FREE! After that, they're just 99 cents each. Send yours now and enter to win in the Father's Day Sweepstakes at http://www.photopoint.com/special/fathersday.html If you're shopping for gifts, be sure to stop by the Digital Store at PhotoPoint for gadgets galore. How about a coffee mug, notepad, or other gift, personalized with your favorite PhotoPoint photo - for Dad, a grad, or anyone you want to celebrate this summer. Pick your gifts now at http://www.photopoint.com/store/index.html ___ NEW! Great Reading at PhotoPoint.com: In Our New Community Magazine Now you can learn how to photograph bleeding hearts, bug-eyed frogs, and much more - all in PhotoPoint's new Community Magazine. We're signing up some of the best names in photography to bring you informative, inspiring, and entertaining articles. For starters, we're honored to have Peter Burian, co-author of the book 'National Geographic Photography Field Guide - Secrets to Making Great Pictures,' as managing editor of the magazine. Besides finding and commissioning great articles, Peter will also write for us on a regular basis. Read his first piece on taking high-impact travel photos. And be sure to check out the other articles on capturing the beauty of your garden in photos, tips for making sharp images, and the amazing world of digital cinematography, Hollywood-style. Great reading, waiting for you now in PhotoPoint's new Community Magazine at http://www.photopoint.com/community/magazine/index.html ___ We Want YOUR Hi-Res Photos We're always looking for great shots to use as decor on our office walls and in our marketing materials - and we can't think of any photos we'd rather use than our members' best shots. Got something you think we could use? If you have a favorite photo that you would like us to look at, send the link to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Please, no naughty or embarrassing stuff. ___ Tell Us How to Make PhotoPoint Better - and Win! We want PhotoPoint to be everything you want it to be. Tell us what that is - and we'll enter your name in a draw to win a free digital camera. Our online member survey is quick and easy - just 11 questions! Thanks in advance for helping us make PhotoPoint.com as good as it can be - and good luck in the draw! Fill out the survey now at http://advantageresearch.com/photoprofile2000/index.html ___ FAQs: Membership Tips In every issue of PhotoPoint Flash, we answer a question from our members. Here's this week's tip. Q: Can I send photos to my PhotoPoint account from an email address that is different than the one I signed up with? A. Yes. If you want to send a picture to an account with a name that's different from the name in the email address you're sending from, place the following text in the Subject line of the email message Account: username ('username' refers to the PhotoPoint account you want the picture placed in). For example: Account: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Be sure to add the space between the colon and the first letter of the email address. By the way, this is a great way to send photos to friends' and family members' PhotoPoint accounts to use in their albums. Just be sure you spell their usernames right! __________________________________________ If you don't want to receive this newsletter in the future, please reply to this message with the word 'unsubscribe' in the subject line of your email.
Join PhotoPoint in Saving Our National Parks
Newsletter at PhotoPoint.com Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:29:23 -0700
