# Is Excel the best way to organize an email list?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 25, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-excel-the-best-way-to-organize-an-email-list/632578 "2012-08-25T04:25:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-excel-the-best-way-to-organize-an-email-list/632578/21 "2012-08-26T18:31:00Z")

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Whatever’s easier for ya. Another way to do it is to import all the addresses into Mailchimp as-is and then use Mailchimp’s own check boxes to organize them.

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**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-excel-the-best-way-to-organize-an-email-list/632578/22 "2012-08-26T18:47:00Z")

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> [@Reply](#):
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> Whatever’s easier for ya. Another way to do it is to import all the addresses into Mailchimp as-is and then use Mailchimp’s own check boxes to organize them.

I think I like that idea better than any other. Anyway, I’ll watch all the tutorials this week, and I’ll get started! Many many many thanks again. 🙂

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