If you change your email address you will want to notify everyone in your address book. The following technique also applies if you wish to notify a number of people about an event.
If you have fewer than 10 addresses in your Outlook Express address book: The best method is as follows:
Don't broadcast everyone's email address, use the Bcc (blind copy) method as follows:-
Add your own email address into the Address Book.
Delete any redundant addresses in the Address Book (click them and press the Delete key).
Click Create New Mail, then click the tiny book with the word 'To' next to it.
In the list of addresses click your own address and click the other 'To' button (on the right) to put your own address into the first window.
Then click the first address in the list, hold down the Ctrl key and tap the letter 'A' key. The whole list will be selected. Then, to omit the ones that you wish to exclude, hold down the Ctrl key and click the ones to be excluded.
Now click the button labelled Bcc (Blind copy). All the
selected recipients will pour into the Bcc window.
Click OK.
Type the Subject and the email message in the usual way and Send the message to your Outbox. Then send it by the usual method i.e., clicking Send/Receive. The Bcc addresses will not be visible to the recipients and so you will not be broadcasting everyone's email address.
NOTE: you may receive notices that some of the addresses were 'Undeliverable'. Thus means that the people concerned have changed their email address. You will have to phone them to find their new address.
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If you have more than 10 addresses in your Outlook Express address book. Don't select all the addresses otherwise your ISP will think you are spamming and your email will be blocked. The best plan is to send a maximum of 10 at a time as follows:-
Don't broadcast everyone's email address, use the Bcc blind copy method as follows:-
Add your own email address into the Address Book.
Delete any redundant addresses in the Address Book (click them and press the Delete key).
Click Create New Mail, then click the tiny book with the word 'To' next to it.
In the list of addresses click your own address and click the other 'To' button (on the right) to put your own address into the first window.
Then click the first address in the list, hold down the Shift key and tap the arrow to go down the list and select 10 addresses. Then, to omit the ones that you wish to exclude from the round robin hold down the Ctrl key and click the ones to be excluded.
Make a note of the last one in the list so that you don't have to remember which ones you have already selected.
Now click the button labelled Bcc (Blind copy). All the
selected recipients will pour into the Bcc window.
Click OK.
Type the Subject and the email message in the usual way and Send the message to your Outbox. Then send it by the usual method i.e., clicking Send/Receive. The Bcc addresses will not be visible to the recipients and so you will not be broadcasting everyone's email address.
Now select the next batch of 10 addresses and repeat the process until everyone is informed.