Can anyone offer advice on the best approach to managing address changes? Ie: should we simply write over old addresses or use a previous/alternate indicator? We've got a small-size db (12,000 total with 1,500 annual donors) and have not been consistant in managing old address information thus far...

Our "home" addresses are linked between parent and student. When a student graduates, should the sharing link be broken? Should be keep the link and create a "college" address and make it primary?

I was able to use combination keys depressed at same time -- shift key and F2 key -- to automatically populate the primary addressee and primary salutation fields as well as the three different types of addressee/salutations which I currently use in the database (couples addressee, couples formal salutation...

Most people can be reached more than one address - that's why you can add multiple addresses to constituent records. To keep from oversaturation, address processing ensures that each constituent only gets each mailing once, and only to the address you specify In most mailings (Quick Letters, Labels...

In today's global environment, it's likely your organization will have constituents with international addresses. For instance, the other day, Debbie Data at Nice Things Are Good was entering a gift from Jean Claude Van Damme . This was the first time that The Muscles from Brussels had donated...

Hello, I am in the process of doing a magazine mailing to my entire database and have been told to only send on magazine to each address. I'm looking for the quickest, least painful way to make this happen. In some cases there are 4 constituents per household. In the past, I've manually gone...

[quote user="Charmaine Desmeules"]This happens to our database a lot, especially if they are only moving a few blocks away. My solution is: go to ADDRESS tab, click on current address, go to Address in toolbar, copy/share address. You will now have 2 versions of the same address. I mark one...

In an earlier blog post , I discussed how Address Processing works for Individual records. In this follow-up segment, we will look at how Organization and Contact records are processed in Mail. For Organization Address Processing, if you have marked the option Mail Only to the Organization in Step 1...

In a better world , every Individual, Organization, and Contact record would have one all-purpose address. Because the world isn't that perfect, The Raiser's Edge accomodates multiple addresses on each record. When it's time to send a mailing, Address Processing shuffles through those addresses...

Being in Florida our organization has many constituents with two (seasonal) addresses. I have the seasonal dates set-up, etc. in RE. How do others manage this obstacle relating to the postal regs for the folks with seasonal addresses? When I know I want the mailing to go to the southern address and yet...