WHO is the OUTLOOK EXPERT???????????????

[poochie]

Can someone please show/tell me how to send an email message to Multiple Contacts without each Contact seeing who else the email message was sent to.

Windows NT4 SP5
MS Outlook Express 5

Cheers

 

[Dreamboat]

Poochie, this is a common problem and really involves email etiquette. I answer the phone providing technical support all day. Here's what I tell the users of many different companies:

In the TO: box, put yourself.

In the BCC: box, put everyone else.

The only email address or name anyone sees is yours.
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[dsi]

Not real sure about Outlook Express, but it should be possible. You could create a new Distribution List or Group in the address book. Let's call the new group "MyList". Then, add each of the members to that group. Then, when you send a message to the members, they should only see MyList instead of the entire list. DimensionalSolutions@Core.com
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[poochie]

Thanks for your responses so far. I'm on the move and will inform you all whichever works 06/03/01 13:15hrs

 

[poochie]

Hi Dreamboat!
Thanks very much for your suggestion. It worked but unfortunately can we get around the fact that the email message displays Me as the recepient. In plain talk then is it possible to show that the message is coming from me and going to them (individually). 14:05

Thank You.

 

[Dreamboat]

Poochie, you may be able to do this with some kind of code in Outlook, but to my knowledge you cannot. Which means you definitely cannot using Outlook Express.

Do you have Word? Can you get Outlook? I do recall (but we'll have to check this out first) that you CAN mailmerge to email using a Word document and Outlook and that will send one message to each...

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[Dreamboat]

check here...

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MailMerge/CreateADataSource.htm

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[MikeBarone]

Use a fake email address in the primary "To:"

To: allofyou@email.com » » » » » »
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[WilWolitski]

This function is totally available in Outlook2000, but you must have the 'workgroup/corporate' version installed instead of 'Internet Mail Only'.
(1)Go into your listing of contacts
(2)change your view to a list style view
(3)click and highlight, using the Ctrl+click, to select your intended recipients
(4)pull down the Tools menu and select Merge...

This will basicly take you into Word's merge wizard which will allow you to use Outlook contact fields as merge fields (enabling you to customize your email message i.e. Hello [Full_Name], how are you?), create a template document/email msg, then merge the two into email messages.

This feature NOT available in earlier versions of Outlook. Try changing your options to use Word as your email editor, then maybe you can do the same process described above.

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[Dreamboat]

Wil: you're little "If you always..."

I wonder if you heard that in the same place that I heard it...
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