Outlook - Can I reply to many emails at once?

Dinarius

After giving a class, I received many emails from students all asking to be sent the same file.

Can I reply to all of them at once, without have to copy/paste all their emails? Also, I would want to BCC the emails.

I can select all the emails in my Inbox, but the Reply greys out.

So, any workaround?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

D.

smuggler.ie

this should work

Create contact group("class" group) , add intended recipients into that group (include yourself to see how it looks)

Hit reply, delete original recipient address and original message, amend subject if needed, then add BCC: "class" group

Compile your reply message body wisely - just generic phrases "as requested...., see attached " no names, etc

Send

Dinarius

Thanks.

Creating a group and adding the intended recipients was the same work as replying a copying/pasting all into a BCC message. At least I think it was.

For the other classes, I'll simply copy the BCC list and past it all in.

Odd that there isn't a way of doing this more easily.

D.

AndrewJRenko

Do you not have a better way of communicating with students than email? An LMS like Moodle or Blackboard? Why not post the resource for ALL students to use, instead of just the ones who asked?

smuggler.ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120207272#Comment_120207272

Correct, its just about the same, but you can re-use group, instead copy/paste recipients each time.

Note, when you reply to one person and BCC the others - you have "exposed" that one person to all the rest.

Dinarius

Thanks.

I replied to myself and BBC'd the others.

D.