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Paid email providers that sell professional email services
have typically invested in their ability to fi lter and block
out most unwanted messages. No, there is no such thing
as a perfect fi lter when it comes to email, but eliminating EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine
a high percentage of these time wasting and security
threatening messages is usually the fi rst thing you will
notice when leaving behind a free service.

Free email services are often ad supported meaning that
there are advertisements visible when you open and read Make It Better, Together
your messages. Charging advertisers allows providers to
continue offering free email accounts. To offer targeted
and more effective advertising, your email messages are
often scanned for key words or phrases that can be used with 5-Axis VMC + EDM
to display advertisements that may be more relevant to
you. This is one of the things you agree to when signing
up for a free email account that is often overlooked. EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine
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using a free email account is sharing this account message into a message that is deleted, ignored or not
internally with multiple users. More than one person logs delivered at all.
into the account and checks if the messages in the inbox Separation of personal and business: We fi nd that
are intended for them or another person in the offi ce. many of the free emails being used by businesses are
When you have multiple users sharing an email address, simply personal accounts that were convenient to start
the obvious issue of privacy exists, but almost as using at the time. It takes effort to set up a professional
important is the potential impact on effi ciency. Profes- email, but it is worth it! It is always a good practice to
sional email will give the ability to establish individual keep personal and business email separate. An inbox
accounts and quickly route messages to specifi c that has a mix can become confusing, distracting and
departments, functions and people in the organization. lead to all sorts of problems. While it may seem like
Email addresses like accounting@ or engineering@ can keeping all email together should make things more EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine
be used to distribute a message to a group of specifi c effi cient, a well-organized inbox can certainly lead to
people at once, while individual email addresses route a more organized approach to handling tasks and
directly to an individual. answering emails each day.

Another feature of professional email is calendar and A common concern is that changing an email address
task synchronization. Nearly all the top paid service that has been in place for several years can create a ma-
providers include the synchronization of appointments jor headache. How will you ever get people to stop using
and tasks. The functionality can vary between service the old one? There are many ways to make this transition 5-Axis VMC
providers, but our email has become the place to see our and separation less of a hassle. Make no mistake, it will YCM RX65
schedule quickly or check off a list of things we need take some time and there may be some issues encoun-
to accomplish. Having this ability on an individual basis tered, but you will not be the fi rst company to take this
can certainly add to effi ciency within an organization, leap nor the last. Any professional IT provider can walk
and professional email is the best way to achieve this you through the steps to make this process easier. EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine
functionality.
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Professionalism: We may not be aware of it, but by T
Branding: Every time a message is sent to or received spending so much of our lives online and being connect-
from your company, a business email address will serve ed to the internet, we are all becoming conditioned as to machining envelope to square mold blocks and drill waterlines. Its
to promote your company name. Free email services only what is acceptable in today’s business world. How many rigidity makes it great for roughing applications, and its accuracy turns
promote themselves and do nothing to help strengthen times have you visited a website for a company you were out exceptional nish work, including cutting geometry that previously
your unique brand. interested in only to decide not to pursue them because would have needed to be burned. When combined with our precision

Deliverability: Email addresses that are unique to your their site looked “dated?” We have become a society that sinker and wire EDM solutions, mold shops get the exibility and See how Zero
company or organization will increase the deliverability makes quick judgements based on an initial impression. Tolerance
of your messages. With the increased issue of unwanted As consumers, when we see what we perceive as performance they need to do more–faster. in Michigan
spam messages, various technologies have been “modern” or “current” designs and updated content on a • Reduce setups reduced mold
developed to make sure that a message headed for your company’s website, we have a totally different feeling EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine
production
inbox is from a source that can be trusted and is some- about a company. • Increase capacity time by 25%.
thing you want to receive. Development of SPF, DMARC The email address we use can have the same impact. By • Improve throughput
and DKIM are all ways to make sure a sent message can not enduring the small cost and amount of time it takes
be trusted. While the discussion of these technologies is to set up a professional email, a new prospect may not The YCM Alliance brings together the very best machine tools and solution experts to help you grow your business.
beyond the scope of this writing, none of them can be even visit our website. Unfortunately, from a free email
implemented without using professional email. Many of address there is no indication we even HAVE a website,
the top email providers such as Google and Microsoft and I know you do have a website, DON’T YOU?
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