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eactivism or "take action" mod
« on: July 01, 2003, 01:16:55 AM »
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I would love a mod where user could send a pre-written, or partially written, email to elected officials. Even better would be to have this capability for anyone, not just registered users.

Anyone have any idea how to do this?
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« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2003, 01:26:48 AM »
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Can you explain this a little more please?
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« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2003, 02:32:55 AM »
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hmm... why not use the Instant Message feature?
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« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2003, 04:33:56 AM »
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I suspect what gingerfire is talking about is political activism.  I'd suspect that she (he?) is interested in being able to write up a form letter that her members could click on to send to various government officials in the form of an email.
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« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2003, 07:24:15 AM »
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Here's an example:

http://www.protectenvironmentlaws.org/

IM wouldn't work because the recipient would not be a board user.


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« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2003, 07:56:26 AM »
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i see
it's not hard to make an email form in php
it doesn't have to be a mod for YSE, cuz it has nothing to do with YSE system

you can also try to find some free email form script at www.hotscripts.com
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2003, 11:19:42 PM »
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I've been looking at email packages, and that brings its own set of challenges: In my case, how to take a unique letter, format it and email it as an attachment with formatting.  Then how to do this regularly and quickly, etc.  Remember, the user will not be able to send this to just anyone, and we would want to start them off with the basics of a letter to edit.

If someone has some suggestions on an email package that would be great.

But these challenges are why this is an attractive problem (to me) to solve as a mod to a bb or portal, because the basic infrastucture is there.  

I've found that people are now starting to expect this sort of "ease of action" and it's an impediment when you don't have it.  
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