It is long overdue but we are finally upgrading. Our newsletter used to be an easy part of our customer communications. I would write an issue, then I would copy and paste it into an email, and then I would put the list in the blind copy and hit send. We didn’t even attach it as a separate file when we first started. Back then there were so many different word processor programs that we had no guarantee everyone could open the attachment. That’s a long time ago! The last few years it has been getting more and more difficult for us to send you the news from the orchard. Spam filters don’t like our email address with the .cc suffix. We also have problems with our server not letting us send group emails, forcing us to create several lists so the group stays under the maximum. Then if we did get the letter sent out of our server, other servers would flag us as spam or individuals spam filters would block us out.
You didn’t open this email to hear me whine about electronic communications so I will stop here and just tell ya we are turning it over to the pros. Vision Design in Winona has worked with us for many years developing labels for us. Now they are upgrading our website and are going to distribute our newsletter for us. Hopefully we will have a lot less trouble, and update you more regularly.