1.  Go to Components and choose Acymailing

2. If you wish to create your own Template, do do steps 3-9 below. You might create a new email template if you have recurring emails that you like to send out.  This would be useful for tournament notices, etc and save having to recreate an email every time.  If your do not wish to create a new template, you can simply use one of the Templates that has already been created. You must use a newsletter template that has already been created as it will have all the unsubscribe information built in) -- we can no longer mass email in Canada without giving recipients the opportunity to unsubscribe

3.  To create a new template, go to the Components, Acymailing, Templates, and click on New

4.  Choose one of the existing templates and make a copy.  This will retain the original template and allow you to change the new one to whatever you want

5.  Double click on the template you wish to open

6.  Rename the template to whatever you want.  You can use your email address as the from and to emails if you want.  The default is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. which is currently delivered to Marielle

7.  Scroll down to the HTML section and put in whatever content you want.  It works like a word document.

8.  If you want to add a photo, click on the icon that looks like a square block (2 icons to the left of the Bold icon)--Follow the instructions to upload an image, and then choose that image so that it will display.

9.  Save the template that you have created

Now you should be ready to compose out your mass email

1.  Go to  Components and choose Acymailing, then Newsletters

2.  Click on New to create a new newsletter

3.  At the top, click on Template and choose the template you created above, or one of the existing ones.

4.  On the right, click on "Lists", and select the mailing lists that you want the emails to go to.  

5. You can change the From and Reply to addresses on the right under "Sender Information".  Any replies to the email sent will go to the address shown in Reply to

1. 6. Fill in the Subject and, if desired, the alias 
2. 7. Type the content of your email in the “Text version” box
3. 8. If you wish to attach a file, click on Attachments on the right, then Selection. You can then select an existing file to attach, or "Choose File" to browse your machine for a new file to upload. Then click "Import" to upload the chosen file.
4. 9. Click on Preview/Send along the top.
5. 10. Now you will get a page that displays the content of your email, and an area where you can fill in an email address where you can send a test. Fill in your personal email and click "Send a test". 
6. 11. Once you have verified that the email that you received looks correct, go back to the Newsletters page and click "Send".
7. 12. You will get a message that your email is queued and ready to send.  Click on OK to complete the send process
8. 13. You will get a message telling you how many people were sent the message. Close that window.
9. 14. Click "Cancel" to exit the Newsletter.
10.  

Notes:

If a subscriber belongs to more than 1 group and you have chosen these groups to send to, the system will recognize that the email address is duplicated and will only send it once.

In order to post a large game, you must go to extensions, and search for "Wow! Over 70%". Edit that module to add/change the entries. Ensure that it does not get too long.

Intended audience: Intermediate and up

E-W vul, matchpoints, as south you hold: ♠KQ1087 ♥K10854 ♦10 ♣64

¹ Michaels

² Wanting to penalize at least one major

What do you bid?

This is a common theme – you make a bid, usually artificial, the opponents double and partner passes. Other common examples:

¹Transfer

Does partner’s pass mean something? If so what?

Every partnership should have an agreement. This came up in my newest partnership. I bid 2♥with the south hand and went down several, doubled. The full deal:

My suggestion is that over the first two examples pass by partner should be to play. The last one could also be played this way, but is more commonly used to differentiate between the number of spades, pass with two, accept the transfer with three or more.The main thing is to have an agreement with your partner(s).

Questions or comments may be sent to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.