Emailing attachments to stake
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Emailing attachments to stake
Our stake clerk asked me to help him send an attachment in a group message to all stake members. I don't believe you can do this in Clerk Resources. I use the Adult listing under Ward Organizations in the Directory, but I don't know if this category exists at the stake level. If it doesn't, is there another way he can send an attachment to the stake?
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Re: Emailing attachments to stake
The "All adult members" option does exist at the stake level for "Send a Message" under Clerk Resources.zaneclark wrote:Our stake clerk asked me to help him send an attachment in a group message to all stake members. I don't believe you can do this in Clerk Resources. I use the Adult listing under Ward Organizations in the Directory, but I don't know if this category exists at the stake level. If it doesn't, is there another way he can send an attachment to the stake?
But regardless of that point, Send a Message has no capability for including an attachment. So if an attachment is critical, your would have to use some other mail program.
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Re: Emailing attachments to stake
Careful. That can get you labeled as a spammer and your account locked. You might want to carefully read the TOS of any email system you use for sending.zaneclark wrote:send an attachment in a group message to all stake members.
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Re: Emailing attachments to stake
Two responses :first I was asking if the Adult category was listed in the Directory for the stake, and second, in using the email function in the Directory, you have to use your own mail program, so does this mean I am spamming each time I send a message to the entire ward?
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I'm not sure of all the factors. Maybe the biggest is that none of the recipients marks it as spam. But I would read the TOS for your email service provider to see what they consider "spam".zaneclark wrote:in using the email function in the Directory, you have to use your own mail program, so does this mean I am spamming each time I send a message to the entire ward?
It probably wouldn't hurt to put a footer on the message as to why they are receiving it (you are a member of the zzz ward) and how to opt out.
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Re: Emailing attachments to stake
Sorry, I didn't read your question carefully enough, and thought you were asking about Clerk Resources. Now I see that your question was about the Directory.zaneclark wrote:first I was asking if the Adult category was listed in the Directory for the stake
There is no ability in the Directory to send an email to all adult members in the stake; the only mailings that can be done at the stake level using the Directory are for groups of leaders.
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Re: Emailing attachments to stake
One thing I have done is add the attachment to an entry in the newsletter. Then I include the link to that entry in the Send Message from Clerk Resources.zaneclark wrote:Our stake clerk asked me to help him send an attachment in a group message to all stake members. I don't believe you can do this in Clerk Resources. I use the Adult listing under Ward Organizations in the Directory, but I don't know if this category exists at the stake level. If it doesn't, is there another way he can send an attachment to the stake?
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There is a flyer for this fireside on the <a href="https://www.lds.org/member-news?lang=eng#article=[your article number here]">stake newsletter site</a>
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Re: Emailing attachments to stake
Which raises the question of how does a member opt out of messages? For Wards/Stakes that only use this in rare cases, this may not be a problem. But out there somewhere is some leader wanting to drive greater participation by emailing nearly everything. How does a member opt out of that short of pulling their email completely off of lds.org?russellhltn wrote:how to opt out.
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Re: Emailing attachments to stake
If you use the Send Message it won't send it to them unless there email is set to Stake Visibility. Not the best opt out, but an option.
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Re: Emailing attachments to stake
Yes, that works for now, but I've always considered that to be a bug that's likely to be fixed in a future version.JonesRK wrote:If you use the Send Message it won't send it to them unless there email is set to Stake Visibility. Not the best opt out, but an option.
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