I just used the mass mailing feature of Vbulletin to make a last appeal for our L100 raffle. As I said in the email, it is not my intent to make a habit of these mailings. Since this was the first time it has been done in the nearly five year exisitence of our site, I hope that it is recognized that it has not previously been abused nor is it intended to be in the future.

Regardless, I am just curious on whether this worked. Most email providers and mail clients now employ some type of spam filter. I was wondering if these filters consider our mass mailing as spam or whether they are letting it through. Therefore, I would appreciate any feedback on whether this worked. If you didn't reveive the message, I have copied it below.


<TABLE width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD dir=ltr>To the Lansing Heritage Forum Members


I hope you don?t mind this email as part of our fund raising efforts. It is not my intent to spam our members. This is the first time that a mass mailing has been made in the four years that our forum and site has existed and this will not become a habit. We're making a final drive towards meeting our fundraising goal of $3,000 for Project May:

http://www.audioheritage.org/html/projectmay/pmintro.htm

These funds will allow us to complete our design and measurement phase and purchase materials for the system fabrication. All labor is being contributed free of charge. To date, we have raised approximately $1,800 through our L100 raffle here:

http://www.audioheritage.org/html/projectmay/raffle/raffleintro.htm

To everyone that has participated, you have my profound thanks. To those that have not, I would like to ask you to take this opportunity to consider contributing. As has been recently mentioned we are donating a minimum of 15% of what we raise to relief efforts for victims of the East Asia Tsunami. We have already made a $500 contribution to Sarvodaya USA, a Sri Lankan charity.

All new payments will still result in you being issued one raffle ticket for every $5 in contributions for the spectacularly restored L100?s. Payments can be made here (scroll to the bottom):

http://www.audioheritage.org/html/projectmay/raffle/rules.htm

Thank you for your indulgence in considering this fundraising request, and again, my thanks to those that have already contributed.

Regards
Don McRitchie
Webmaster
Lansing Heritage Website
http://www.audioheritage.org


Thanks
Don

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