Every month or two, we send out a newsletter called Nagel News to 300-400 people. A nice way to keep people in touch with some of the things we are doing.
It has been a labor intensive effort. Some of the newsletters go in the mail since some folks either do not use email or don't want to receive the newsletter via email. The rest go by email - which we would like to encourage as more ecological than paper copies. However, being careful of privacy issues has meant sending out small batches to people who know each other, so as not to give out email address to strangers.
We decided to tackle the issue head-on in this new year. We could not figure out how to use the Undisclosed Recipients approach. So we turned to blind copy - which means the only visible email addresses that people will see would be Clem's.
So far, so good. We did some digging around into various options for sending email and got the computer to cough up directions for sending blind copy. After experimenting, we were ecstatic! We figured it out. And were mighty pleased with ourselves.
Here is where the tale gets funny.
Clem proceeded to send out large batches of emails of the newsletter. One small problem. He was so excited, he forgot to add the attachment. It wasn't long before he began getting emails that ranged from "no news is good news?" to "apparently winter boredom has set in." After groaning, we both decided that the only thing to do was to laugh at our computer proficiency - or lack of proficiency.
After another round of emails, this time including the attachment for the newsletter, Clem learned back in his chair and declared, "Ah, the first lesson in technology for 2012. I wonder what I will learn next!"
And if anyone is interested in receiving the newsletter, just send your email address to Clem (cnagel@cpinternet.com). And we can guarantee (I think) that no one else will know you have been added to our growing list!
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