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Re: Emailing Invoices John 02-06-2007
---> Re: Emailing Invoices Justin Brown - ...02-07-2007
Posted by John on February 6, 2007, 11:06 pm
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 I'm thinking that one way to record the outgoing emailed invoices is to =
CC them
to myself. I'll try it next billing cycle and see if it's feasible. =20

John



wrote:

>> Curious as to WHY Intuit has decided to do it this way when it's =
obviously
>> "unorthodox" and I cant see how it benefits the user or Intuit without=
me
>> imagining something cynical.
>
>
>I wondered about this too, for some time. My conclusion (thus far) is
>that they did this in an effort to prevent invoices from bouncing back
>to the sender as suspected spam. A "bigger" organization is going to
>be better equipped to ensure consistent mail delivery than a "smaller"
>one, such as ourselves.
>
>It's cheesy sounding, but they are looking at their bottom line. That
>means if they have to support a "no touch" system that mails invoices
>for you, versus helping you setup the interaction between your QB and
>your MAPI or SMTP provider, and troubleshooting those services when
>they are down, QB will choose the former and cut down the cost of
>running their call centers.
>
>As the "vendor" to my clients, I really believe that my bookkeeping
>software should allow me to route these e-mails through Exchange. At
>least give me the option, so that I have a record of what was sent, to
>whom, and when. That QuickBooks doesn't allow this, and that it does
>not record these messages is in my opinion a complete abortion.
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Posted by Justin Brown - SYNACS on February 7, 2007, 11:20 am
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 Been doing it for two years. It works, but there is apparently no way
to set that CC up as a default (not even per customer), so there's the
additional effort for every invoice mailed.

> I'm thinking that one way to record the outgoing emailed invoices is to CC them
> to myself. I'll try it next billing cycle and see if it's feasible.
>
> John
>
wrote:
>
>
>
> >> Curious as to WHY Intuit has decided to do it this way when it's obviously
> >> "unorthodox" and I cant see how it benefits the user or Intuit without me
> >> imagining something cynical.
>
> >I wondered about this too, for some time. My conclusion (thus far) is
> >that they did this in an effort to prevent invoices from bouncing back
> >to the sender as suspected spam. A "bigger" organization is going to
> >be better equipped to ensure consistent mail delivery than a "smaller"
> >one, such as ourselves.
>
> >It's cheesy sounding, but they are looking at their bottom line. That
> >means if they have to support a "no touch" system that mails invoices
> >for you, versus helping you setup the interaction between your QB and
> >your MAPI or SMTP provider, and troubleshooting those services when
> >they are down, QB will choose the former and cut down the cost of
> >running their call centers.
>
> >As the "vendor" to my clients, I really believe that my bookkeeping
> >software should allow me to route these e-mails through Exchange. At
> >least give me the option, so that I have a record of what was sent, to
> >whom, and when. That QuickBooks doesn't allow this, and that it does
> >not record these messages is in my opinion a complete abortion.
>
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> | ____o____/_|
> <[_____-----<------------------<No Spam Please><
> | o'



Posted by John on February 7, 2007, 12:37 pm
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Perhaps putting a comma and then MY email address after each customers =
address?

NOPE . . . It only excepts one address.

So if anyone else would like to see this fixed . . . send a feedback =
message at:

http://quickbooks.intuit.com/commerce/common/fragments/feedback.jhtml

John

wrote:

>Been doing it for two years. It works, but there is apparently no way
>to set that CC up as a default (not even per customer), so there's the
>additional effort for every invoice mailed.
>
>> I'm thinking that one way to record the outgoing emailed invoices is =
to CC them
>> to myself. I'll try it next billing cycle and see if it's feasible.
>>
>> John
>>
>> On 2 Feb 2007 12:53:26 -0800, "Justin Brown - SYNACS" =
>>
>>
>>
>> >> Curious as to WHY Intuit has decided to do it this way when it's =
obviously
>> >> "unorthodox" and I cant see how it benefits the user or Intuit =
without me
>> >> imagining something cynical.
>>
>> >I wondered about this too, for some time. My conclusion (thus far) is
>> >that they did this in an effort to prevent invoices from bouncing =
back
>> >to the sender as suspected spam. A "bigger" organization is going to
>> >be better equipped to ensure consistent mail delivery than a =
"smaller"
>> >one, such as ourselves.
>>
>> >It's cheesy sounding, but they are looking at their bottom line. That
>> >means if they have to support a "no touch" system that mails invoices
>> >for you, versus helping you setup the interaction between your QB and
>> >your MAPI or SMTP provider, and troubleshooting those services when
>> >they are down, QB will choose the former and cut down the cost of
>> >running their call centers.
>>
>> >As the "vendor" to my clients, I really believe that my bookkeeping
>> >software should allow me to route these e-mails through Exchange. At
>> >least give me the option, so that I have a record of what was sent, =
to
>> >whom, and when. That QuickBooks doesn't allow this, and that it does
>> >not record these messages is in my opinion a complete abortion.
>>
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>> | ____o____/_|
>> <[_____-----<------------------<No Spam Please><
>> | o'
>
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