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So we’re doing a Margie Gras party on Saturday, and I wanted to get hold of the people who had indicated they were coming. Alas, though Google Calendar (wherein we did the invitation) lets you email invitees, it’s an all or nothing thing … and some of the folks on the invite list had signaled that they weren’t coming, so why bother them …? What I really needed was a way to easily send email to guests based on their response to date.<\/p>\n

… and then, as if by magic, this article came up in my reader: Official Gmail Blog: Little things that matter<\/a>. Now, it appears, you can … well … send email to guests based on their response to date<\/em> (yes, maybe, no, still awaiting a response), or individually pick out the individuals to send to. Spiffy! It’s as if Google were reading … my …<\/p>\n

… hmmmm. Maybe more spooky <\/em>than spiffy …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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