thing. They are just like old list serves in many ways and I believe would
work well for your puposes.
You might try a twitter account. Nannies and such could follow the tweets.
FaceBook would work very well also.
Creating a text list and texting everyone is another solution.
Norman Constantine
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Patricia Moser <moserp@sidwell.edu> wrote:
> Friends,
>
> We have old list serv software that we have been using to allow nannies,
> grannies, and neighbors to sign up for our news alerts. Our parents can
> sign up for these by logging into our web site parent portal, but
> non-affiliated people like care givers need a way to sign up for these email
> communications. Up until this year our list serv worked pretty well. Now it
> is getting hit by spam the minute we put it up. We use Barracuda to block
> spam for our incoming emails but the list serv function does not fall under
> Barracuda's protection. Do any of you have any good solutions to this
> problem? Any software you would recommend? Any way of blocking spam for a
> listserv? Do any of you use something like Yahoo groups for this function?
> Our web site is from SilverPoint. Thanks in advance for any advice you
> might have.
> Patt Moser
> Sidwell Friends School
>
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