# Collecting mail adresses, is this the way to go?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/collecting-mail-adresses-is-this-the-way-to-go/59756>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [March 27, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collecting-mail-adresses-is-this-the-way-to-go/59756 "2023-03-27T19:18:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collecting-mail-adresses-is-this-the-way-to-go/59756/1 "2023-03-27T19:18:48Z")

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I want to do this: collect email addresses and give people access to exclusive content as an award.

Is this the way to go?

Homepage with user-specific columns for First name, Surname, and email

Button with action:

> Add row to Newsletter tab with First Name, Surname, Email

> Delete this row

> Open New screen with exclusive content

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**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collecting-mail-adresses-is-this-the-way-to-go/59756/2 "2023-03-27T19:28:17Z")

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And what is stopping you?

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**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collecting-mail-adresses-is-this-the-way-to-go/59756/3 "2023-03-27T19:33:43Z")

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I think I did this … but I end up with some strangeness, so I thought, let’s check if my way of thinking is right. If so, i make mistake in the details.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/collecting-mail-adresses-is-this-the-way-to-go/59756/4 "2023-03-27T20:15:48Z")

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What’s the purpose of deleting the row if you are using user specific columns? Seems to me that deleting a row could be the source of issues. Especially if multiple users are using that same row. Wouldn’t it be better to just clear the user specific columns instead, or would you even need to clear them???