How does SIDELINES^TM Work?

The basics:

• When the user launches Outlook¹ it indicates that Sidelines is installed and available.
• On the new message page, user enters names of intended recipients in an email address and begins composing the “main” or “group” message
• At any point during composition of the group message, user can click on the Sidelines tab
• Sidelines launches and prompts user to indicate which recipients (up to 4)² are to receive private messages
• Tabbed pages enable user to compose separate private messages to any or all of the selected recipients
• User can modify group text and/or any of the private messages
• User can send any or all of the messages – to the group and/or to any and all the private recipients – in any order
• Recipients typically receive the private message first, which indicates that a group message is on the way

1. Sidelines is currently available only as an add-on to Microsoft Outlook. Future versions are anticipated for other e-mail applications, e.g, Entourage, Eudora, etc.



2. Currently limited to 4 Sideline messages. Future versions to be expanded