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Personally, I have no need for this product. They solve a problem I don't have. They list the flaws of email as: 1. You have to remember each person’s email ad

Personally, I have no need for this product. They solve a problem I don't have. They list the flaws of email as: 1. You have to remember each person’s email address -- Gmail has a groups feature, so I just need to make a mailing list once and never worry again. Alternatively, Facebook groups are easy for informal communication. 2. If someone doesn’t “reply-all” when responding to a group email with multiple email addresses, then it all falls apart. -- Eh, sometimes not every single message needs to be sent to every single person. I like the flexibility of being able to choose reply-all or just reply to one. Perhaps this would be useful for someone who's not very good with email, but if my mom can't figure out how to send an email to a group then I doubt she's gonna sign up for this product (or even know to look for a tool similar to this)

lukeholder 14y ago
its a single email you need to know that sends to all others on the list.
- jmduke 14y ago
  That is also how Google Groups works.
roc 14y ago
I think the point is that your mom wouldn't have to do anything. One person -- presumably the one who is good at email but frustrated that everyone else isn't, e.g. You -- sets it up and pays and just sends their very next email to 'the group'. And everyone else just responds to that email as they would any other and it Just Works for them, regardless of whether Mom chronically forgets to "Reply All" or Dad never remembers to put Aunt Sally on the list. I'd imagine people who don't email a lot with less-tech-savvy types probably don't see the advantage. And it really does sound like a 'feature' that any mail host could add at any point. But if it gets traction and other mail providers match the feature, that's a win for everyone, right? I doubt 37signals has big plans for the revenue from this service. They're likely just solving their own problem and charging just enough to cover the administrative overhead and dissuade spam use.

lukeholder 14y ago

its a single email you need to know that sends to all others on the list.

jmduke 14y ago
That is also how Google Groups works.

roc 14y ago

I think the point is that your mom wouldn't have to do anything. One person -- presumably the one who is good at email but frustrated that everyone else isn't, e.g. You -- sets it up and pays and just sends their very next email to 'the group'. And everyone else just responds to that email as they would any other and it Just Works for them, regardless of whether Mom chronically forgets to "Reply All" or Dad never remembers to put Aunt Sally on the list. I'd imagine people who don't email a lot with less-tech-savvy types probably don't see the advantage. And it really does sound like a 'feature' that any mail host could add at any point. But if it gets traction and other mail providers match the feature, that's a win for everyone, right? I doubt 37signals has big plans for the revenue from this service. They're likely just solving their own problem and charging just enough to cover the administrative overhead and dissuade spam use.