On Wednesday, Dec 04, 2002, at 11:11AM, J Patrick Draine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dear List, >Can anyone help me out with this situation? I want to send a message to >a large number of folks, members of an organization. What mail program >would be appropriate for sending something out to approximately 2000 >addresses? Obviously I'd want to it to go out as a "blind copy" as >recipients would get distressed if the address is many pages longer >than the message. >I could use a PC if there's no easy Mac way of doing this. setting up a mailing list server is the easiest fool-proof way of doing this. many ISP's will bounce any message that has over a few dozen email addresses, for fear of being deemed by ORBS to be allowing spamming through their services. a mailing list server would accept an email from you with an email address like "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and then send out 2000 individual emails to the recipients, and use the proper formatting to ensure the To:, From:, and Reply-to: fields are represented correctly. the draw back is that such a server requires non-trivial setup. If you already run your own mail server, have a corporate mail server, or an extremely lenient ISP, you could just enable the BCC field in your mail application and type in each address (or select them from your addressbook). -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
