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ngaisteve1
Junior Member
Malaysia
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 Posted - 04 November 2003 : 22:19:32
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When we use BCC to send bulk e-mail, the recipient won't be seeing other than itself in BCC. But, my question is, Is it possible to have the similiar way but in TO instead of BCC. Meaning, I send bulk of 100 but when the recipient receive it, their e-mail falls under TO and not BCC. Hope you guys understand here.
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 04 November 2003 : 22:26:59
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| you should never bulk mail using the TO: field, otherwise you are sharing all email addresses with everyone. this is one of the root causes for spam and worms being able to propagate across the internet. |
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ngaisteve1
Junior Member
Malaysia
241 Posts |
Posted - 04 November 2003 : 22:31:52
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| Actually, I am not spamming. The recipients are all our customer. But, we just want to look 'sincere'. Imagine the customer receive the e-mail as if we personally e-mail to them alone. |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 04 November 2003 : 22:59:56
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| As one of your customers, I would still not want my name included with 100 others. I don't think you really understand the ill effects this can cause. |
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 04 November 2003 : 23:14:43
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| If you want their names to appear on the TO: then you'll have to send one separate email to each person, the only way to sensibly send emails to multiple people and hide their names is by using BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) |
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ngaisteve1
Junior Member
Malaysia
241 Posts |
Posted - 04 November 2003 : 23:45:54
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What I mean is the customer won't be seeing other email except himself like when we use bcc. But, using bcc, that recipient when he sees the TO:, it is not to him. Example, I am sending an e-mail to 10 customer and one of them is jacob@trade.com and i put my e-mail in TO:
TO: myself@tnt.com
BCC: jacob@trade.com, lee@mnetrade.com
When Jacob receive the email, can will see
TO: myself@tnt.com
BCC: jacob@trade.com
But, as I have mentioned, I wonder if there is any program or solutions to make Jacob see this (below) when he receives the e-mail even I am actually sending bulk e-mail.
TO: jacob@trade.com |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 04 November 2003 : 23:54:47
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| nope. |
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taropatch
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 05 November 2003 : 00:10:22
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ngaisteve1,
You CAN do what you're looking to do. Check this program: http://www.infacta.com/gm.asp
The program is called Group Mail. I use the free version for sending out newsletters to clients. You mail out to a mailing list but each mail goes to the recipient in the TO: field.
The free version does not have all the features, of course, and limits the number of people (100) you can send to at a time. You can split a mailing list of more than 100 in to 2 sets of 50 easily, though. |
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TestMagic
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 05 November 2003 : 00:10:52
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| Sounds like you want to have your cake and eat it too. BCC has a purpose, as does TO. If you want to personalize the emails, you'll have to fire them off one by one. That's what most big companies do anyway, either for personalization or because spam filters block out emails with too many people in each field. |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 05 November 2003 : 00:14:57
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Originally posted by taropatch
ngaisteve1,
You CAN do what you're looking to do. Check this program: http://www.infacta.com/gm.asp
The program is called Group Mail. I use the free version for sending out newsletters to clients. You mail out to a mailing list but each mail goes to the recipient in the TO: field.
The free version does not have all the features, of course, and limits the number of people (100) you can send to at a time. You can split a mailing list of more than 100 in to 2 sets of 50 easily, though.
read Gremlin's reply. The email will have to go out to each individual separately meaning 100 recipients will require 100 separate emails sent. Not the best way to use a mail server. |
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