Recent content by Jesse Smith

Yes, this is a good point. If you are using a service that doesn't send mail through your own SMTP server, one thing you may be able to do is set up an SPF record on your domain for the mailing service. This is basically a way of telling the receiving mail servers that you are authorizing your...

I haven't used them myself (nor am I affiliated with them in any way), but I know a lot of people who have had good luck with CampaignMonitor.com. It was originally designed for and is targeted at web designers, but anyone can use it. The nice thing about them is that they price by the mailing...

You left out "moving forward, we're going to move ahead with this".

When you "Receive Payments", I think there's an option to select multiple invoices that the payment covers. However, you might not want to be creating invoices at all. Invoicing is usually done before after the service is rendered but before payment is received. In your situation, I believe it...

Pierogies are big here in Buffalo too. I guess it's the same steel mill connection. There were lots of Poles here in the early 20th century, although many have now moved out of the city to the eastern suburbs.

I'm an architecture fan, so I'd probably look into walking tours of downtown. Pittsburgh's a beautiful city, and has a great skyline for a mid-sized city. I've been to the Pittsburgh Zoo - it's pretty nice, and has a great aviary. I've only been to Pgh once - I think I need to find an excuse to...

For some reason I've never really liked hard suitcases with wheels. I prefer a large canvas traveler's backpack. To me it's easier to transport, especially if you'll be walking any distances on sidewalks, etc. And it squishes into luggage racks much easier than a hard-shell case. I bought one...

I don't know exactly which features of Access the software you are using requires, but you might try the free Access runtime that is available from Microsoft. It's basically a "viewer" for Access files that allows you to use any forms that are built in to the Access file, but doesn't allow you...

Ah, I understand better now where you're all coming from. I hadn't thought of retirement or otherwise shutting down the business, and I can see how having potentially permanent liabilities on the books could hurt. These are good reasons to have a published expiration date, even if you are...

As a customer, I find expiration dates on gift certificates annoying. You get a GC at Christmas, you put it away somewhere, forget about it for a while, life gets busy, etc. And then eventually you remember it and pull it out, and it's expired, and now you feel bad because you wasted your...