I need to send out occasional html email messages to 50-100 people.  I
use OE 6.  Is there an easy way to do this professionally?  I have
tried within OE, but find that the entire list of recipients appears
in the to:  field.  I want each message to go out and appear to each
user with his or her address and my source address.  It shouldn't look
like a mass mailing.  Can I do this within OE?  Is there another
program I need or do I need to go to professional mailers?
I don't have Exchange server, just my ISP's POP/SMTP server.

Hello fwscholl,

You should be able to accomplish what you want to do without
downloading any special programs (although they do exist).

1. Open a New Mail window.

2. Put your recipient's addresses in the "BCc"-field (Blind Carbon
copy). If it is not visible, go the "View" menu and choose "show all
headers".

3. Make sure a semicolon, not a comma, separates each address.

4. You should also be able to find a BCc field in your address book.

That's all there is to it. Press "Send" and each person should receive
their own email without knowing about any of the other recipients.

Tips and Tricks for Outlook Express:
http://www.beepworld.de/members34/computerfairy/tipstricksoe.htm


Additional Links:

1. University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire: Microsoft Outlook 2001:
http://www.uwec.edu/help/Outlook/MAIL-message-m.htm#bcc 

2. MS Outlook tutorial:
http://tutorials.findtutorials.com/read/id/419

3. Microsoft Outlook 98 Reference Guide for Email:
http://www.utmb.edu/is/archive_old/training/email/outlook98_mail.htm

4. Using Mail in Microsoft Outlook 2000
http://www.kellogg.nwu.edu/kis/docs/howto/software/email/outlook.htm


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I hope this answers your question - please let me know if you need
clarification, if you experience difficulties, or if I misunderstood
your question. Good luck (let me know how it goes)!
Sincerely,
hummer

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Request for Answer Clarification by fwscholl-ga on 08 Nov 2002 12:26 PST

OK, I tried this without success.  When you put individual addresses
in the bcc field as you suggest, email does go out to those people. 
However, in the to:  field  they won't see their own address when they
get the message!  That's what I asked for.  Also,  I was creating a
"group" in outlook express called data_security and I added members to
that group hoping to send to all group members by simply choosing
data_security as the recipient.  But that too placed all of the names
in the to:  field and didn't look professional.  What do you think???

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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 08 Nov 2002 13:03 PST

Hi,

Regarding the "to field" question, try this: 

Put one of your recipients in the regular "To" field.
Put all the rest in the "bbc" field.

This will send a copy of the "To" message to all recipients. The
messages will be addressed to "undisclosed recipients" if you leave
the "to" field blank.

I'll get back to you on the "group" question - 
hummer

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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 08 Nov 2002 13:38 PST

Hi again,

Try this:

1. Address a new message to yourself.

2. Type the group name in the bcc field.

This will solve all of your problems except one - each email will be
private but they will be addressed to you instead of the individual. I
think this is probably the best option without starting to look at
other programs.

Let me know what you think - 
hummer

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Request for Answer Clarification by fwscholl-ga on 10 Nov 2002 11:40 PST

I appreciate your efforts, but you didn't answer my question.  I
stated that I want the recipient address in the to:  field.  If the
answer is that this can't be done with OE, but I need email program
xyz, that is what I wanted.  If you don't know how to do this, I feel
that you should have left the question for someone else who does!!

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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 10 Nov 2002 11:44 PST

Hi fwscholl,

I've double-checked and as far as I can see, this is your best option
within OE:

Address Book:
New Group:
First Name Field: Choose a short phrase that will suit for all
recipients
Email Addresses Field: Your own email address. 

New Message:
bcc: type name of group
to: type beginning of phrase above

You can tweak this a bit more as far as shortcuts go, but that is the
basic idea. All recipients will see the same thing (not each other) -
the only down side is their emails will say "To: [your phrase] [your
email address]. If you don't want your email address to show up in the
"To" field, you could register for a new one at one of the free
services (hotmail, yahoo, etc) and use that.

Please let me know how this goes for you or if you have any questions.
hummer

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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 10 Nov 2002 12:00 PST

Hi,

It would seem we posted at the same time and I didn't see your last
comment before I posted mine.

Please feel free to ask for a Repost of your question.  You won't have
to pay any extra and someone else will respond.

I'm very sorry for the inconvenience.
hummer

I wanted to send out email to multiple people such that they would
each see only their own address in the to: field.  The researcher did
not provide any solution for this.  I had to send out my emails one at
a time by hand.

What you are looking for cannot be done directly in Outlook Express.

However, I have located a suitable piece of user-friendly Windows
software for you.

FairLogic Worldcast is specifically designed to do the job in question
and can be used to send out large-volume mailings conveniently. The
program has received strong ratings from various shareware sites and
from zdnet. All you need is an SMTP server to talk to.

Worldcast is available in both free and commercial versions. 
The free version is for noncommercial use only and opens a maximum
of three outgoing connections at once, which just means that your
mailing will take slightly longer to complete (you can still send
mail to many people). The commercial version costs $49 for a
single user, which matches your situation.

For more information, see:

http://www.fairlogic.com/worldcast/

This is what I was looking for.  Thank you.