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andymcintosh replied on April 01, 2008 06:58 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

When I first saw it, I thought it was "I wants Andy". Imagine my disappointment...

— Andy

Austin Govella replied on February 22, 2008 05:02 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

I don't understand why "I want Sandy" conjures up porn.

Seriously...

Steven started following the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy.

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arosien replied on February 11, 2008 03:23 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

When I told my girlfriend about the service she thought that the branding was a bit sexist and I agree. I like the informality (as opposed to boring productivity apps) but the days of perky female assistant roles are over.

notyourbroom replied on January 07, 2008 07:40 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

I favor the creation of an alternate domain name. I really like the concept and execution of this service, but I can't see myself using it in the long run if I can't get rid of the "iwantsandy" parts of the sender field.

lemon replied on November 24, 2007 03:45 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

Thank you, thats a useful answer. I might look at it.

Faheem replied on November 23, 2007 19:29 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

Hi Lemon,

Your concern is understandable, unfortunately there is no simple redirect solution to that problem because Sandy is sending the email or text message directly to your contacts. I agree that iwantsandy in the subject line is not the best way to remind business contacts, but if you wish to work outside the Sandy system, you could setup an email filter to take all emails from Sandy and regenerate the email from your fake email account. There are some applications which you can google online to do this, but again they are not trivial to setup.

Thanks,
Faheem Merchant
www.scientistswithoutborders.ca

R. Emory Williamson-Lundberg replied on November 21, 2007 14:06 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

And if you're doing the re-direct trick and squelching Sandy from talking to your business-y folks, you don't have to worry about looking like a mental patient talking to people that aren't there.

R. Emory Williamson-Lundberg replied on November 21, 2007 13:46 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

Not exactly. If they aren't a user of Sandy, Sandy will not put your event into their list, because they don't have one.

If you don't want to explain to people who Sandy is, you could always use the redirect or BCC her, and use the Sharing preferences in Sandy:




If you don't want to explain to people why you are emailing weird things, then don't let them know you're doing it.

Of course, if you are BCC'ing Sandy, your fellow captains of industry will think you're insane for talking to someone named Sandy that isn't there, since you're probably sending emails like this:

"Dear fellow important person,

I am looking forward to our luncheon. I will send my driver to pick you up at noon.

Sandy, remind me that I have a very important lunch meeting at 11:30am"

stimpmark replied on November 21, 2007 04:30 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

Thanks for the suggestion, R. Emory.

lemon replied on November 21, 2007 04:10 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

If I understand how it works, when I want Sandy to remind me and my business contact of an appointment, I add Sandy in the CC field.

Then, when its time, Sandy will send me a message and will send a message to my business contact also.

This business contact will see a message with "Sandy [iwantsandy.com]" in the author field.

This is the part where there could be a problem. If my contact think the email come from a porn site or a spammer delete the message before reading it.

Like I said before, it is easy to explain to your employer who is Sandy, maybe no so much easy to explain it to a bunch or business contacts.

Anyway, I guess it a matter of opinion and that the Sandy team will decide eventually to propose an alternate or something.

R. Emory Williamson-Lundberg replied on November 21, 2007 03:47 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

No.

I wrote this up in another thread here I swear, but maybe I dreamed it.

You just need to redirect mail to i-am-a-pervert@megacorp.com to your email address to Sandy, and CC/BCC her with that address. Your mail server will do the rest, and Sandy will get your message.

R. Emory Williamson-Lundberg replied on November 21, 2007 03:45 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

I guess if you are the type of person that emails people at porn sites, your associates could infer that you are in fact mailing someone at a porn site.

If you are really a professional, people probably know you are a professional fella and could not possibly by emailing a porn site.

Why do you think someone would think you are introducing them to a porn star in a business context? Unless you work in the adult entertainment industry, why would that even enter their mind?

MadameSoybean replied on November 21, 2007 01:33 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

I do see what you mean...there are those sour types who wouldn't ask and then judge and you'd never even know. I think I'm too irreverant for my own good. I guess iwantsandy sounds innocent to me like Sandra Dee...whereas "Iwantlolita" sounds...

stimpmark replied on November 20, 2007 12:27 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

The redirect plan sounds good, but then I lose my secondary email address utility, no?

stimpmark replied on November 20, 2007 12:25 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

God bless ya, Madame Soybean. You are the right person to be on point for the "lighten up" movement. But... I am still worried about those who *don't* ask. Even if The Man doesn't censure me for appearing to be emailing someone at a porn domain (and I'm not worried about that, honestly-- I have my work email setup as my secondary address), I am still worried that others who see my email-- who think of *me* as The Man or who may not ask who "Sandy" is but won't hesitate to judge-- may be offended.

lemon replied on November 20, 2007 03:23 to the idea "Iwantsandy is maybe not the best domain name" in I want Sandy:

Faheem, the problem is not about my employer seeing a Iwantsandy domain name in my emails, I can explain. Its about clients or business relations getting emails reminder by Sandy when I C.C. them in a message. The thing is that the name IwantSandy looks alot like a pornsite name or some kind of spam...