This is a great answer to the question the way I posed it. But, I got it wrong. I'm actually concerned with the batch mail To: line. It is set in the set-up wizard and appears on the To: line of every email in the outgoing batch. I apologize for the misstatement. >This is a good question and an interesting issue. If you have >control of your email account at your domain, you have a few >options. If not (i.e. you're using an Earthlink individual account), >you're kind of stuck. > >1) Consider using a role account. For example, you could set up >accounts that look like: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >These have the benefit of being somewhat self-explanatory to the >recipients, and have the other benefit of being potentially managed >by more than one person (e.g. the 4 people that make up your PR >office, or the executive directors administrative assistant and the >development person). > >2) Consider using a fictitious person account. This can be helpful >for management purposes (it can be managed by more than one person >on your staff) and has the benefit of being more "personal". A lot >of times people are going to respond more positively to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" than "[EMAIL PROTECTED]," even if >"Kay" is 4 different people. > >If you're running a long campaign, having one email address >associated with the campaign or action is far easier to administer >than the multiple addresses of staff who happen to work on the >campaign (whether it be fundraising or get out the vote). The trick >is going to be deciding whether or not you want to project a >corporate or personal touch, and then developing email account >management policies to ensure that your strategy is implemented >consistently. > >bob > >At 3:15 PM -0500 11/2/00, John Watkins wrote: >>This is a bit off the wall. While generating a batch of email the >>other day, the From: address that was automatically generated by >>ebase ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) was a correct address for The Simple >>Society but it did not positively represent the organization. That >>address is set up in the set-up wizard when you first startup ebase >>and, at the time, seemed perfectly adeqauate. >> >>What kinds of addresses do you choose for your batch mail? Do you >>always use the same "name" or do you change it according to the >>purpose of the message? >> >>Temporarily, while trying to think of a better one, I've changed to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>-- >> Join the Alliance for Human Empowerment >> An investment in wellness, human potential, equity and justice >> For information, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> John Watkins Executive Director The Simple Society >> 303 Amherst St. Nashua, NH 03063 603-889-0111 http://simsoc.org > >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Bob Schmitt, TechRocks >38 South Last Chance Gulch - Suite 2A Helena MT 59601-5029 >Voice: 406.442.3687 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >eFax: 520.832.1047 Web: http://www.techrocks.org >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >ebase� - Free relationship management software for nonprofits >http://www.ebase.org >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Gravity can be your friend. -- For proof there are simple SOLUTIONS to major public problems Subscribe FREE by Email to the Simple Solutions idealetter at http://simsoc.org/simplesolutions/ John Watkins Executive Director The Simple Society 603-889-0111 303 Amherst St. Nashua, NH 03063 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://simsoc.org
