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Summary: It's very tempting to build a group or list in your email program to send mail to them all at once. But if the group is big, it probably won't work. I made a group in Outlook express of about 1,200 emails. Why can't I send a blanket email to them? I tried and one email got rejected but I also copied myself and it did not get sent to me either. Without knowing more, it's hard to say exactly why it failed, but I'm not at all surprised that it did. The approach that you took is most certainly not one that I would recommend, for exactly that reason. There are alternatives, but they do require a little work. • First, realize that these two things are VERY different:
By creating a group in your email program, and then sending to that group, you're creating a single email with 1,200 recipients. And you know what that looks like? Spam. Because of spam most email providers put a limit on the number of recipients you can have on a single email message. Without seeing the error message you got, or knowing who your email provider is, I can't say for sure that this is the problem you experienced, or what the limit might be. However, if I had to bet money, exceeding that limit is where I'd place my bet. That's probably why you only got once error message - you only sent one piece of email. Your mail provider returned the error before even trying to send it on to all the people you had listed. "Because of spam most email providers put a limit on the number of
recipients you can have on a single email message."
Most email programs, and certainly Outlook Express, do not have the ability to create a mailing list of 1,200 recipients, and then send a message as 1,200 individual messages. That's not what they were designed for. As I see it, you have essentially two options:
Without knowing more about your specific situation, my general recommendation would be to get your 1,200 people to join a Yahoo group. They have to join, but once they're on, then a) you won't be accused of spamming, and b) you'll know that they actually want to get whatever it is you're sending. If you absolutely cannot ask them to take action to "sign up" for your email, then you should check with your ISP for mailing solutions, or look for mailing list providers that don't require double opt in. You do run the risk of being labeled a spammer, though, if you go this route. Or, of course, you could send a lot of individual emails, by hand. Though you'll still run the risk of being called a spammer. Related:
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Dear Sir,
I have problem with sending email to a lot of people at once.
How do I can send email to alot of people at once?
Can you answer to me?
I thank you in advance and looking forward to hearing from you soon
Poeng Vuthy
Posted by: Poeng Vuthy at February 14, 2007 12:44 AMDear sir,
How can send email at once? great to have your information.
How many email address you keep for yourself? i thinking is hard to get some customer email address.
thank you
Posted by: Wilson at February 14, 2007 7:43 PMRegards,
Wilson
I want to know that i want to send email to 10\ prople but I dont want any one of them to know who all else got this same mail, If I add these ID to BCC, it still shows the recipients.. Please help.
Posted by: Uttam at April 30, 2007 8:17 PMDear LeoI'm still waiting for a answer if you have one could u please let me in on it. It seems as though everyone sends their mail this way . I always thought it was just being lazy or not so personal. I would like to know how I can send letter to 10 people at once. Its a reply letter. Thanks SDondra Oct. 4th, 2004
Posted by: sondra at October 4, 2007 1:45 PM"Dear Sir,
How do I can send email to alot of people at once?
Posted by: DR.RAJA SEKAR at January 17, 2008 5:59 AMCan you answer to me?
I thank you in advance and looking forward to hearing from you soon
I need to forward alot of emails to one email address. Is there a way to send them all at once instead of doing one by one?
Posted by: Jaymie at January 26, 2008 10:34 AM