Social network Care2.com has published an online calculator designed to help you measure the value of an online supporter. 

Below the calculator, you'll find a comparison chart so you can see how to stack up to other organizations like yours, as well as a discussion about the calendar and how it generates its data.

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As organizations become increasingly reliant on email, the need to effectively deal with a full inbox is more pressing than ever. A recent article on ReadWriteWeb explores five strategies you can use to win control over your inbox.

Usability News, published by Wichita State University, reports on a research paper by A. Dawn Shaikh, Doug Fox, and Barbara S. Chaparro called "The Effect of Typeface on the Perception of Email." The purpose of the study was "to investigate the effect of selected typefaces on the perception of the email creator’s ethos and gender. In addition, the perceived personality of the email document was evaluated." 

The study rates perceptions of email senders' knowledge, professionalism, maturity, and trustworthiness, and the quality of the information presented based on the font used. The study suggests that "there is a relationship between typeface selection and the reader’s perception of an email. 

What does Outlook's Search Folders tool do for you? To quote Microsoft:

Search Folders display the results of previously defined search queries. The email messages shown remain stored in one or more Outlook folders.

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How might Google Apps benefit your nonprofit?

• It's free.

"Wait!" you protest. "That's it? It's free? That's all you have to say about it?" The simple answer is yes. Here's why:

• Unlimited email accounts.
• Absolutely fantastic anti-spam technology.
• Available anywhere you can get access to the Internet and a Web browser.
• Easy calendar-sharing with others at your organization.
  
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While spam message lines tend to inspire little more than annoyance in most of us, one artist has seen beyond the mundane absurdities to create her own brand of spam-inspired art.

When you think of spam, you probably think of the unwanted ads for mortgages, stocks, and pharmaceuticals that fill your inbox — not newsletters and emails about worthy causes from nonprofits like you, right?

Receive an MP3 attachment over email? It could be spam in disguise. Ars Technica reports that MP3 spam is on the rise.

With spam making up as much as 80 percent of all email, what is being done to stop it, and why does it persist?

In the online phenomenon known as phishing, scammers impersonate legitimate businesses or organizations in order to get credit card or other sensitive information from unsuspecting users.