Category Archives: Email

Advice on email for political campaigns

Email addresses are the coin of the realm nowadays in political campaigning. More political efforts — whether candidates, partisan groups, or advocacy organizations — ask for your email address than probably any other piece of contact information. And email addresses … Continue reading

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You’re doing it wrong: pet peeves in Web authoring

I usually try to be fairly gentle in my blog posts. Well, this one’s a full-out rant. And it does name names, but only for purposes of demonstration, not public shaming. By dint of what I do, I spend a … Continue reading

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Wanted: standardized behavior for email list unsubscribe

I subscribe to a lot of email lists. I mean, a lot. In addition to the lists I’ve opted in to, there’s the grey area of lists I “joined” (or was added to) without much conscious effort on my part, … Continue reading

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Google doesn’t like plus-addressing, sometimes

Google, known for offering plus-addressing to users of Gmail, doesn’t actually support sending to plus addresses with its Alerts service. Finally, the illusion of Google’s perfect single-mindedness as an organization is cracked. At last, one hand doesn’t know what the … Continue reading

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