Innercircle.cc — easily creating email groups

Innercircle.cc is a quick an easy tool that lets you email a group of people using one email address. For example, you can create an innercircle of your family using the address "family@username.innercircle.cc". When sending an email, all you have to do is use this address instead of having to type in everyone's email address in the "to" box. If you create this innercircle as a shared address, all the members of the innercircle can use the address as well.

The innercirlce address can be used from any site. You can use it from your email (gmail, yahoo, etc), a photosharing site, a newslink, from your iPhone, etc.

The key is that innercircle is quick and easy to set up (and it is free). Unlike Yahoo!Groups, you don't have to send out invitations and have memeber accept your invitation. Innercircle gives you the option to have the address be shared (so all members have access and email addresses are shared) or private. Also it is easy to add and subtract addresses in your innercircle.

There are endless uses for innercircle.cc. Personally, I have innercircles for my immediate family, my husbands' family, my maternal extended family, my paternal extended family, all family (for photo sharing), and different groups of friends.

At school: Teachers can use innercircle to communicate with parents (newsletters, reminders, etc). Room parents can easily send emails about parties, class wish lists, meetings. Grade levels and other committees can plan meetings. PTA members can send emails about upcoming meetings and meeting minutes.

Team sports: Coaches can send emails to the team about practice and game schedules, equiptment needs, and schedule changes. Team parents can update other parents on who brings snacks, picture day, and end of season party plans.

Work: Create innercircles for client lists, teams, board members, and lunch buddies.

Friends: Think of all your different groups of friends- poker buddies, walking groups, knitting circles, tennis partners, bowling leauge, and on and on...