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Does it have to be that hard?
Authored by: torndownunit on Dec 19, '02 12:03:42PM

I might be missing something. For my mass emails (My band's mailing list), I create a Group in Entourage. You can then paste all the email addresses into the to Group and save it. You can click a check box which gives you the option to not display the emails addresses of the group when it sends the email. So all the email addresses are protected, and your Group is saved for next time. This seems like the easiest method and it protects others privacy.



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Authored by: torndownunit on Dec 19, '02 12:05:48PM

I have over 100 addresses in the group as well, so there is no limit.



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Authored by: socaldrumin on Dec 19, '02 12:17:24PM

That's not exactly true. Entourage does limit the number of addressees you can send to. From my experience, it's up around 150 or so. However, when addressing to groups, I don't think there is a cap on the number of addresses you can have in the group.

Example: You can send an e-mail to 150 people or also send it to 150 groups (say with 200 addresses per group)

I'm not positive the cap is 150, but I did try a mailer with 300 folks and ended up having to break it up into several chunks.



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Haven't found the group limit.
Authored by: Loren on Dec 19, '02 09:56:30PM

I have sent e-mail messages to groups of over 400 people, with no problems.

Another alternative, is to use Word to do a mail merge to e-mail. It takes more work for your computer, but what do you care about that. That's what computers are made for.

And, there is the added benefit of each message being personalized. Addressed to the recipient, and with their name in the body, if you like.

Loren



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Does it have to be that hard?
Authored by: Mac112 on Dec 21, '02 08:54:34AM

I don't know why f9k-a was quoted for my hint, but anyway:
The hint was ment for others, who as I, are focusing on snail-mail as the primary way of contact, like sending printed magazines and so on, but occasionally needs to send email. I'm well aware of Entourage's capabilities in its own field.



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