How do you hide email addy's in Outlook?

Newsletter and CC field showing

[dazz]

I have a newsletter for my website and it has about 300 members. i keep all the email addresses in my address book in outlook express but when i send them an email it lists all there addresses in the 'To -' field. So every member can see all 300 addresses if they scroll down!

Is there anyway to hide this or is there perhaps a better place to keep many email addresses. I need to get this sorted as we get about 10 new members per day so the longer I leave it the worse its going to get!

Thanks in advance!

[aspdaddy]

One way is to create a dist list for all the addresses. Send the email to yourself and BCC to the list.

[chiyo]

I love guys like you! When i receive an email like that it is like hidden treasure.

Yep, the abve suggestion is good if you are not using a specific newsletter software solution. Once you get more you may need things like bounce control, easy unsubscribe, etc etc. We have a couple of public domain scripts tested and ready, but to tell you the truth, we still think Y! groups is the best solution for now. They also have the advantage of promoting your lists through their search hroups features and the indexing of your list web page on search engines.

[Marketing Guy]

I like Yahoo groups, but i cant help thinking that the signup procedure is a pain for new users - attempt after attempt at finding a username that is available - getting it activated, etc.

MG

[edit_g]

If your list is growing at that rate then it is quickly going to get out of hand. There are solutions available to keep it in house for less than $1000- if you're willing to spend that much. There are also other, web based and cheaper, solutions.

Might be worth having a look around soon, because if it fails suddenly your users will be left hanging and you'll be sorting something out in a rush...

[Grumpus]

I dunno. I only work with about a half dozen different web hosting companies, but I haven't seen any (unless you're going for the bargain blowout $5 a month account) that don't offer at least one free mailing list. I have one account that offers 10 lists if you're on the $20 a month plan and unlimited lists if you're on the $30 a month plan.

Check with your host. (You may even be surprised to find that when you log into your control panel that it's already set up for you - many don't "promote" it as an option as it can lead to them having to become "spam cops".)

G.

[edit_g]

I didn't know about that, thanks Grumpus.

Will they let you send as many mime emails as you want in as many formats as you like? Do they handle unsubscribes and bounces etc?

[dazz]

Sorry but can you walk me through a dist list!? and BCC!?

Also thanks Grumpus, my host does offer a mailing list option, Its just a bit long winded adding the email addys there all the time. It would be alot easier if I could just hide the list of email addresses on Outlook Express!

[edit_g]

For the BCC- create an address book containing your subscribers, select all of them and click BCC. Put your own email address in the TO: field (or you can put [e-mail]).

Or you can just put all the emails into a text file and paste them into the BCC field and again have your address in the TO: field.

[rogerd]

The distribution list feature is in the contact/address book area. I use Outlook, but I think OE has a similar feature. It just lets you group a bunch of contacts in a single name, so you can just send an e-mail to "Sales Department" instead of to twelve salespeople.

"BCC" is right below "CC" and "TO". Addresses in the "BCC" box don't get listed on copies of the e-mail distributed to others. It's an old term standing for Blind Carbon Copy. You made that note on your file copy to show that your boss got a copy of a letter, but that he/she wasn't on the CC (Carbon Copy) list typed on the letter.

[dazz]

Got it!

Just create the email and click on recipients then select my 'newsgroup' into bcc!

Thanks for your help...it sounds so damn easy when you know :)

[Grumpus]

With the mailing list that comes with your host, it becomes your subscriber's jobs to add and remove themselves, not yours. Nothing could be easier than that!

Usually, it's just sending a message to a specific address with a specific word in the subject or body. Sometimes it's a different address for each function. Most also have a way of importing your outlook book (well, you export your outlook book and then import the export, or whatever).

In about 30 minutes, you can make e-mail forms to handle everything so it's foolproof for your visitors to sign up and opt out.

BCC will work fine for a small list, but I've got over 1000 people on mine right now and if I had to manage all of the new ones and people who want to opt out, I'd have no time to post at webmasterworld.

You may also find out that with BCC that you reach a certain point where all of the sudden your mail server or host flags you as a spammer. I don't know what that number is, but once I hit a couple dozen I'd start seriously considering my options...

G.