Getting started

If you're a parent, family member or friend

This is the preferred way to start, and it asks nothing of the missionary until the archive already exists.

Forward one of their letters to post@pdayletters.com — as an attachment.
We reply with a link.
Follow it and sign in. Use any Google or Microsoft account. It does not have to be the one you forwarded the letter from. Finish setup, and then the archive is created and ready to grow and share.
Ask the missionary to include post@pdayletters.com on the To, Cc, or Bcc of thier weekly letter.
That is the extent of what the missionary needs to do. They never have to think about the archive again while they're serving. Once the archive exists, their letters and attached photos are simply filed.
Forward the older letters to fill in the archive.
Even if the missionary is already several months into their mission (or already home), you can still add the letters they sent before the archive was set up. Forward them to post@pdayletters.com and they are added to the archive, too. Send them all at once or a few at a time. Either way they are filed by the date each one was originally authored, not the date you forwarded it on.

If you're the missionary

You do not have to set anything up. Usually a parent can do all of the above without you. But if you would rather start it yourself, here's how to do it.

Include post@pdayletters.com on the To, Cc or Bcc list of a mail you send.
We will reply with a link. Nothing is published until someone follows it and finishes setup. You can do that yourself, or forward our mail to a parent, family member or friend and they'll do it for you.
Follow the link to sign in and finish setup.
Use any Google or Microsoft account. We recommend against your official missionary account, since that address stops working after you come home and the archive is meant to outlast it.
Then include post@pdayletters.com on the To, Cc or Bcc list of your weekly letter.
That is the last thing you have to remember.

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