> From: "R. A. Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have an E-mail problem and I'm sending it to the iMac > list > because I don't know what other list to send it to, and since I'm > using an > iMac I thought I'd start here. If there is a better list for this > inquiry, > please somebody direct me to it. The problem is that when I try to > send an > E-mail to a large group of recipients, I get an error message that it > can't > be sent because there are too many recipients. I called the DSL/ISP > provider > and was told, yeah that's right. So . . .I want to figure out how to > deal > with this and am not sure that it is not addressable via the E-mail > program, I'm using OE 5.0.6, or if I have to beat on the ISP, or if > the > solution lies elsewhere. TIA
This has nothing to do with your Mac, your email program, or your OS. It is a limitation your ISP has put in place to prevent people using their service to spam. You should be intensely grateful that your ISP is working to keep spammers out. Most ISPs put pretty reasonable (IMHO) limitations on the number of recipients of a single outgoing email, something like 20 or 30 (up to 50 sometimes) people, a number that varies from ISP to ISP. First, think about whether you REALLY need to send your info out to so many people, and if you are CERTAIN that they ALL want to receive it. Second, make sure that if you DO send out a msg to that many people that it is PLAIN TEXT with NO ATTACHMENTS. If you have pictures you want to show them, send them a URL. It is *incredibly* rude to bombard someone's inbox (which may be quite full already) with your 100K pictures of your pooch or what have you with no advance notice. Finally, if you really must send this out to a large group, send the message out to just the first 20 people on your list, then re-send the message to the next 20 people on your list, etc till you have sent it ONCE to everyone you needed to send it to. If your message is so important/interesting/vital as to warrant mass emailing, it's important enough for you to expend the small extra effort to work around your ISP's guidelines. _Chas_ "The Box said 'Windows 95 or better' ... so I got a Macintosh." -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
