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I'm not sure if there's a way to leave a breadcrumb for dgg (hopefully he'll see this!) but this is a good example of the functionality we discussed at CiviCamp.  That is, to change the value of a single field for all found contacts to the same value.

To lowfidb - until this functionality exists, you have two options:
* Edit it directly in the MySQL database.  This is "easy" if "easy" means "not too much work", but not if "easy" means "accessible to non-technical folks".
* Use the "Batch Update via Profile" action.  However, this is limited to 100 records at a time, so may or may not be feasible for you.

If your organization is willing to sponsor a development shop implementing the functionality I mentioned at the top of this, please get in touch!

Lobo,

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I think sending parameters to tokens opens a whole world of amazing new functionality to CiviMail.  I assume it would make default values (like this post) trivial - but it could also allow for some of the functionality that the heavy-duty mass mailers have, such as:

* A/B testing
* Sending mailings with content customized to the user based on their interests/location/etc.
* A perennial favorite of fundraisers: "Last time you gave $X, this time can you give $(X*2)?"

I think there's enough "shiny" functionality that this could potentially do well as an MIH.  Of course, this won't be a cheap job

No one with the funding to seed this - but can probably round up a couple of folks to give a few hundred bucks each.