Upon occasion, you will need to contact
your ring members. You might do this for any number of reasons:
- Something about the ring has changed and you need your ring
members to update their fragment or do something. Be cautious about
this, as ring members typically will revolt if you force them to
make too many changes too often.
- Some people like to send out a newsletter to their ring members
occasionally. If you do this, be sure it is clear in the terms and
conditions of the ring (this should be included on the join page and
in the email which is sent to them when they sign up).
Do not, under any circumstances, send email to your members which
are advertisements. This is in very bad taste, and may even get you
slammed as a spammer.
Okay, so you want to send emails to your ring members. How do you
do it? Simple. On the Ring Admin screen, choose "Send Email" by
clicking that button. This will give you a screen similar to the one
below.
Choose what you want to do, then click "Show addresses". This will
include a list of addresses in the box. Now, simply select the
contents of the box and copy it to your paste buffer.
Next, create a new email using your email client (such as Outlook,
Outlook Express or Eudora). In the "Bcc" field, paste this list of
addresses. ALWAYS USE THE BCC field (see "Blind
Carbon Copy" for more information as to why). Include your OWN
address (or some other bogus address) in the "To" field. Type your
email and send it.
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