SOAR

Email Lists has been designed to protect privacy of the individuals and to protect against SPAM.

Privacy

When sending an email message to an Email List, the email addresses of those receiving the message are never displayed. There is also a setting to protect the email address of the individual sending the messages as well - see Return Address Types.

SPAM

SPAM is a huge issue on the Internet today. Email Lists are designed to protect against SPAM by only allow messages through that are authorized. So even if a SPAMMER finds the email address for an Email List and sends SPAM to your Email List - it will not be forwarded on to unit members.

Care should be taken when customizing your website to NOT include any email addresses in the About Us, Welcome Message, or the "teasers" for Announcements. If you can see an email address on your home page, so can SPAMMERS.

Your website comes with a Contact Us form that will allow anonymous users to contact you while not providing any email addresses to the public. There is no need to provided email addresses to the public.