sending e-mail to many addresses.

Mailman

Hi,

What mail package can I use to send e-mail to a number of addresses without the recipients seeing the other people who have been copied on the mail. I can't see how to do this in outlook 2003.

thanks,

Geoff.

p.s. No, I'm not a wannabe SPAMMER

grumpytrousers

Mailman wrote:

Hi,

What mail package can I use to send e-mail to a number of addresses without the recipients seeing the other people who have been copied on the mail. I can't see how to do this in outlook 2003.

thanks,

Geoff.

p.s. No, I'm not a wannabe SPAMMER

Bcc should do the trick...blind carbon copy...not sure the keystrokes but it's there...

no need for a particualr package

Krusty_Clown

I'm not an Outlook user, but presumably this would be as simple as creating some form of distribution list, which includes all of the users you wish to send the e-mail to, and then sending the mail to yourself and Blind copying (BCC'ing )all of the other recipients?

Does Outlook not support blind copying anymore?

A quick hunt on the web reveals the following:
How do I send one message to lots of people but hide their names?

After you open the message, choose View | Bcc Field, then put the names/addresses in the Bcc box. (Bcc stands for blind carbon copy.) Put your own address in the To box, since many mail programs will throw away a message without a valid To address as junk mail.

If you want to compose one message, but have it delivered to each person individually with their address in the To box, see Mass Mail Tools.

From: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/welcomefaq.htm

Hobbes

Depends really.

Bcc is the way to go, however those on the Bcc list can only ever reply to you and those in CC and those in CC/To fields will never reply to the Bcc.

If this is not good enough, then set up a public mailing list and put everyones name into it. Keep the list private.

grumpytrousers

Hobbes wrote:

Depends really.

Bcc is the way to go, however those on the Bcc list can only ever reply to you and those in CC and those in CC/To fields will never reply to the Bcc.

If this is not good enough, then set up a public mailing list and put everyones name into it. Keep the list private.

BCC is an atomic weapon...you have to be careful with it...

I remember sending a smartarsed mail to my boss and BCC'ing in a few pals with whom i'd discussed this over lunch. Thought I was fookin' hilarious, so I did.

anyway, one of 'em does a reply all which basically just came back to
a) me
b) my boss

shown to be from ( c ). It was obvious that he'd been bcc'd in by me. Thankfully the boss wasn't too much au fait with these things and thought I'd sent to a distribution list in the first instance...

close call, mind...

BaZmO*

Yeah BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) in Outlook Express will do the trick.

Just open up a new mail and click the "To" box and BCC will be there as an option.

B.

savemejebus

there is also a program called group mail free that you can use to send personalised mails, i use it quite a bit for work, tis well handy

Mailman

Thanks, I'll look a little more deeply at the "to" option" in outlook.

leeroybrown

Slightly off tobic but:

It's ironic that you ask this question considering that you share your name with a widely used Unix based mailing list program.