Mass Mailings in Microsoft Outlook (NOT Outlook Express)

[bkaras]

3:22 PM 4/3/2007

RE: Mass Mailings in Outlook (NOT Outlook Express)

Once per month my group usually has a dinner meeting. I e-mail a notice so
that each member gets a reminder. Since there are about 350 members, it is
very impractical to send a notice to each member. What I do is this:

1. In the TO line: Me (a junk e-mail address that I made up).

2. In the BCC - blind carbon copy - line: ± 50 members (for seven
messages). The reason I do not put all 350 for one message? Outlook can only
handle a maximum of about 50.

3. In the body of the message: when, where, etc.

The reason I do the mailing this way is that recipients of BCCs do not see
the other members who receive the notice. They would see the other
recipients if the recipients were in the TO or CC lines.

Some, not all addresses are incorrect. Obviously those messages cannot be
delivered and are returned to me: "Mail System Error - Returned Mail". Most
of the return notices have one or more e-mail addresses indicated in them.
However, some do not and just indicate my junk e-mail address.

Is there a way to make all returned messages show members' e-mail addresses?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

PS I'll put this message in the MS Word newsgroup also.

 

[DL]

Since its a Q regarding OL, a win ng is not the correct place to post anyway

 

[Guest]

I don't have a fix for you but...

Why don't you try the microsoft Outlook newsgroup instead of the microsoft
Word newsgroup?

Outlook newsgroup ID:
microsoft.public.outlook.general

Outlook newsgroup URL:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...d1f-73aa-41e1-abfd-27a6e3c352e5&lang=en&cr=US

Good Luck,

Joe

Kemco ITP

 

[db]

the experts hang here:

3:22 PM 4/3/2007

RE: Mass Mailings in Outlook (NOT Outlook Express)

Once per month my group usually has a dinner meeting. I e-mail a notice so
that each member gets a reminder. Since there are about 350 members, it is
very impractical to send a notice to each member. What I do is this:

1. In the TO line: Me (a junk e-mail address that I made up).

2. In the BCC - blind carbon copy - line: ± 50 members (for seven
messages). The reason I do not put all 350 for one message? Outlook can only
handle a maximum of about 50.

3. In the body of the message: when, where, etc.

The reason I do the mailing this way is that recipients of BCCs do not see
the other members who receive the notice. They would see the other
recipients if the recipients were in the TO or CC lines.

Some, not all addresses are incorrect. Obviously those messages cannot be
delivered and are returned to me: "Mail System Error - Returned Mail". Most
of the return notices have one or more e-mail addresses indicated in them.
However, some do not and just indicate my junk e-mail address.

Is there a way to make all returned messages show members' e-mail addresses?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

PS I'll put this message in the MS Word newsgroup also.

 

[Gordon]

3:22 PM 4/3/2007

RE: Mass Mailings in Outlook (NOT Outlook Express)

Once per month my group usually has a dinner meeting. I e-mail a notice so
that each member gets a reminder. Since there are about 350 members, it is
very impractical to send a notice to each member. What I do is this:

1. In the TO line: Me (a junk e-mail address that I made up).

2. In the BCC - blind carbon copy - line: ± 50 members (for seven
messages). The reason I do not put all 350 for one message? Outlook can
only handle a maximum of about 50.

Outlook can do much more then 50 especially if you use Mailmerge - are you
sure it's not your ISP that's restricting you to 50 at a time?

 

[PA Bear]

If you must make identical posts to multiple newsgroups, please cross-post
one (1) message to all of them. Thank you.

Multiposting vs Crossposting:
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

 

[Rock]

3:22 PM 4/3/2007

RE: Mass Mailings in Outlook (NOT Outlook Express)

Once per month my group usually has a dinner meeting. I e-mail a notice so
that each member gets a reminder. Since there are about 350 members, it is
very impractical to send a notice to each member. What I do is this:

1. In the TO line: Me (a junk e-mail address that I made up).

2. In the BCC - blind carbon copy - line: ± 50 members (for seven
messages). The reason I do not put all 350 for one message? Outlook can
only handle a maximum of about 50.

3. In the body of the message: when, where, etc.

The reason I do the mailing this way is that recipients of BCCs do not see
the other members who receive the notice. They would see the other
recipients if the recipients were in the TO or CC lines.

Some, not all addresses are incorrect. Obviously those messages cannot be
delivered and are returned to me: "Mail System Error - Returned Mail".
Most of the return notices have one or more e-mail addresses indicated in
them. However, some do not and just indicate my junk e-mail address.

Is there a way to make all returned messages show members' e-mail
addresses?

It's best to post to a newsgroup for the program / issue in question.
Neither Outlook nor Word are part of the XP OS. Post to an Outlook and/or
Word newsgroup.

Look under microsoft.public.outlook and microsoft.public.word for a list of
the newsgroups for those programs.

Also if you are going to post to more than one newsgroup do so by
crossposting, that is sending the same message at one time to each
newsgroup, not multiposting which is sending separate messages to each
newsgroup. Multiposting is counter productive, results in duplication of
effort, and folks in one newsgroup don't see the replies nor benefit from
the replies in other newsgroups.

You are using Outlook Express. Just put the different newsgroup addresses
in the Newsgroups line separated by a semi-colon. I believe this has been
explained to you in the past, no?

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

PS I'll put this message in the MS Word newsgroup also.

I'm sure that they will appreciate your cross-posting to their group
when your question has nothing to do with MS Word.