Brian, and all coordinators:

I seem to remember the subject of bulk emailing (newsletters and such) coming up a time or two. I found this service yesterday while bumping round the net which may be of interest, especially since it is a no cost solution for non-profits like OCF.

VerticalResponse (www.verticalresponse.com)
VerticalResponse is a reliable, sophisticated and popular online service that allows 501(c)(3) nonprofits to send up to 10,000 emails per month for free. It�s strong in deliverability�ensuring your emails go into your subscribers� inboxes rather than their Spam filters�segmentation and Web integration, and has a number of options that make it easier to integrate with constituent databases (especially Salesforce). However, the interface can be complex at times, and the built in graphic-designed templates aren�t as polished as some other tools. After the 10,000 free emails, it gets a bit expensive�if you�re sending more than 15,000 emails a month or so, compare prices to other options. While VerticalResponse has been offering their free nonprofit program for about six months now, and appears quite committed to it, this kind of philanthropy makes some of our contributors nervous�if the company�s priorities change down the road, you might need to start paying or find another service.

Kevin