Are you using Stackmail on a regular basis?
I write this because I came across a group this week that was only using Stackmail for their email. I am not sure why. While Stackmail works as a web interface to the 20i hosted email system, it can be a bit slow, and in my experience can be slow to respond on slower connections. There are however alternatives to accessing email.
If your sole email system for your charity is through the web interface to Stackmail, I recommend that you use one of the following.
If you have MS Office and Outlook on your system, you can use Outlook to pick up email.
If you do not have Outlook on your system, you can install Thunderbird (written by the same group that wrote FireFox), this is free and is a good alternative if you have not got Outlook on your windows platform.
If you are using a MAC you can download email to your Mac Book or desktop by setting it up in MAC Mail.
If you are using an iPad or iPhone or any other smart device you can set up email on those as well.
It’s IMAP not POP3
One of the advantages about the email system is each email account is 10GB in size. That is likely to last you for many years unless the volume of junk to real mail is 100:1.
If you create folders, and generally keep your mailbox tidy, when you look on the various devices, they all see the same mailbox irrespective of which device you are using. This is because your mail is kept locally on the server, not only on the device.
In my case I have several windows and several Apple devices all accessing the same email box. I get the same view everywhere.
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There is absolutely no reason why you should only be using StackMail to pick up your email. There is no cost involved if you use Thunderbird, or use Outlook if you already have it on your system. It will save you a lot of time and frustration.
Contact me if you need any help.