Hi Ken - Thanks for your reply. In the "To" field, I have tried using an email address I have on Yahoo, with the same results. It seems that I'm stuck as far as Group emails go. For the moment classes are small, so I'll just continue with individual notes to each class member. - Bill
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]>wrote: > Bill, > > I think someone suggested before that you NOT put your own email address > in the To: field. It seems like that shouldn't make a difference. But try > again and see if setting the To: field to an address that is different than > the one from which you're sending the email works. I think you said once > that you include your wife on these emails. Perhaps put her address in the > To: field. Or else try another email address belonging to you. > > Kenneth > > > > On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 5:25 PM, bill hansen <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Andy and Zack - Thanks for getting back to me, and my apologies for not >> being clear enough. It seems I never supply enough data. Let me try again: >> >> The current group is composed of students in a small dog training class >> I teach. They don't all want other members of the group to know their >> individual email addresses, so I send the email to *myself* (at the same >> email address I'm using now), and I send a Bcc to the group (using the >> group name). I ask members to hit Reply and type "got it". If I don't get a >> reply within about 2 days I send each one an individual copy of the group >> email (which is a minor pain in the neck, but with a small group it's >> doable). At the next class meeting, which is only a few days after they >> should have received the email, I ask if they received the group version. A >> few of them usually get the email but the majority do not receive it. >> >> So, trying to be clear - the "To" line has my address. I hit the "Bcc" >> letters and put in the Group name. And yes, I can see each member's email >> address in the Bcc line. But they can't see the individual addresses. >> >> With larger classes and larger groups, sending each member an individual >> email would get too time consuming. Groups were a good way to handle this >> when I used Outlook, but they're dangerous in Gmail because I never know >> who receives the email and who doesn't, unless I send everyone an >> individual copy, straight to their individual email address. >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Zack (Doc) <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm confused Bill. You talk about sending to a group address, created >>> in gmail. When I type a group name, it changes to the individual e-mails. >>> Does yours stay as one address? If so, can you give an example of what it >>> looks like when you've addressed an e-mail? >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 4:28 PM, billhansen <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Emails sent to a Group address (a Group created in Gmail, which >>>> contains my own address and those of several other people) are still not >>>> getting through. Group emails which include my own gmail address do get >>>> back to *me*, but only to me. Other addressees rarely receive my group >>>> email. (The addresses themselves are correct. I can send individual gmails >>>> to each person in the group, and those gmails all get through.) >>>> >>>> I've gone through the Gmail Help files, and if there's anything in them >>>> which addresses this problem, I've overlooked it. >>>> >>>> I didn't have this problem when I used MS Outlook, but Outlook had some >>>> other problems. I like Gmail a lot, but I sure wish I could get the Group >>>> email feature to work. >>>> >>>> Any further thoughts on this?The Group emails do appear in my Sent Mail >>>> folder (within Gmail). I've asked people to check their Junk, Trash, and >>>> Spam filters, and nobody has found my Group emails there. >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. 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