E-mail Recipient Limit

[SwagThing]

Hello all,
I manage a monthly e-newsletter that goes out to about 3000 people. I have
always used Oultook with no problem, generally dividing the e-mails into 3
groups and just BCC-ing the recipients. But lately, I am getting this error
message:
"452 too many recipients, send more in a second session"

What is the significance of the number 452? And what is the limit to
recipients? Is there a better way for me to handle this newsletter mailing?

Thanks,
PL

 

[Tedd Riggs]

Usually the limiting factor on this is the ISP and not Outlook. As far as I
know, there is no "452" limit on Outlook.

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

In this case, I believe "452" is the error message ID.

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[*Vanguard*]

452 is the error code, not the max number of aggregate recipients across
all the To, CC, and BCC fields. Contact your ISP and find out what
their per-message recipient quota is for your account.

 

[Tedd Riggs]

Think you are right, I read it that in his mailing of 3000, 452 never made
it. Sounds like a ISP error message to me.
Thanks for aiming me in the right direction, think I have been looking at
the groups for too many hours today and brain-dead...

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Tedd Riggs
PDA Square Content Developer
www.pdasquare.com
Redmond, WA

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In addition to all the other replies, for a regular mailing of this size I
wouldn't use Outlook....I'd look into a third party app or service like
Lyris. It can handle malformed addresses, bounces, subscribe/unsubscribe
requests gracefully, which Outlook can't.