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thedrinkinggame
Using Entourage for Mac 11.1.0 on Mac OS 10.3.9
I am trying to send to all members of a particular category via BCC.
The only way I have figured out to send to an entire category is by
making the quick-view "Category is" box equal the category I want,
ctrl+a, and then clicking "new message to" on the toolbar. This puts
all the addresses in the "TO" box of the email, but I want them in the
"BCC" field. I tried the simple cut and paste but the "Copy Address"
field greys out when more than one address in the "TO" field is
selected.
Is there a way to get all the members of a category into the "BCC"
field direct from the address book rather than into the "TO" field?
I've tried thinking through this problem many ways. One of my thoughts
was that I would setup a rule to take any member of my address book
whose category was the one I wanted and insert that person into a
group. Then I could click the "Do Not Show Recipients" check box in the
group dialog. But apparently I can only run rules on incoming and
outgoing messages and not on address book entries.
I could also just create a group and keep it updated manually with the
members of a category but this method leaks because I have a very large
category which I add and subtract people from frequently.
I also of course considered possibilities using data merge, but this
seems entirely too cumbersome for frequent emails.
I would greatly appreciate suggestions on this.
I am trying to send to all members of a particular category via BCC.
The only way I have figured out to send to an entire category is by
making the quick-view "Category is" box equal the category I want,
ctrl+a, and then clicking "new message to" on the toolbar. This puts
all the addresses in the "TO" box of the email, but I want them in the
"BCC" field. I tried the simple cut and paste but the "Copy Address"
field greys out when more than one address in the "TO" field is
selected.
Is there a way to get all the members of a category into the "BCC"
field direct from the address book rather than into the "TO" field?
I've tried thinking through this problem many ways. One of my thoughts
was that I would setup a rule to take any member of my address book
whose category was the one I wanted and insert that person into a
group. Then I could click the "Do Not Show Recipients" check box in the
group dialog. But apparently I can only run rules on incoming and
outgoing messages and not on address book entries.
I could also just create a group and keep it updated manually with the
members of a category but this method leaks because I have a very large
category which I add and subtract people from frequently.
I also of course considered possibilities using data merge, but this
seems entirely too cumbersome for frequent emails.
I would greatly appreciate suggestions on this.