what's the limit to number of recipients for email merge?

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gdsquinty

I was under the impression that regardless of the number of recipients
included in an email merge, Outlook would only send 10 messages at a time to
prevent a user's email server from shutting you down. Is that not true?
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

No it is not true - Outlook imposes no limits on it ability to sent to
multiple recipients - however, your ISP or mail admin may set limits.

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After furious head scratching, gdsquinty asked:

| I was under the impression that regardless of the number of recipients
| included in an email merge, Outlook would only send 10 messages at a
| time to prevent a user's email server from shutting you down. Is
| that not true?
 
G

gdsquinty

Thank you for your response. To better clarify my question...I was under the
impression outlook would send only 10 at a time (of my 137 emails) so that my
ISP wouldn't choke on all 137 trying to get out with the same send request.
My understanding was that this was a feature of Outlook with the intent of
helping me send my large number of emails. Have I inadvertantly disabled
this feature or was I mistaken from the beginning?
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

You were mistaken from the beginning - repeat, Outlook imposes no limits,
your ISP or mail admin has that duty. Outlook will send to as many
recipients as the server (ISP or mail admin) will allow. I use Exchange at
home and have my limit set to 500.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, gdsquinty asked:

| Thank you for your response. To better clarify my question...I was
| under the impression outlook would send only 10 at a time (of my 137
| emails) so that my ISP wouldn't choke on all 137 trying to get out
| with the same send request. My understanding was that this was a
| feature of Outlook with the intent of helping me send my large number
| of emails. Have I inadvertantly disabled this feature or was I
| mistaken from the beginning?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| No it is not true - Outlook imposes no limits on it ability to sent
|| to multiple recipients - however, your ISP or mail admin may set
|| limits.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, gdsquinty asked:
||
||| I was under the impression that regardless of the number of
||| recipients included in an email merge, Outlook would only send 10
||| messages at a time to prevent a user's email server from shutting
||| you down. Is that not true?
 
G

gdsquinty

OK. I guess I'm still not clear on the distinction I'm trying to make. I
know Outlook doesn't impose a limit on the number of recipients one can send
to. That's never been my question. My understanding was that Outlook would
send blocks of ten at a time so that the over all volume wouldn't exceed ISP
limits. True?
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

FALSE!

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
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After furious head scratching, gdsquinty asked:

| OK. I guess I'm still not clear on the distinction I'm trying to
| make. I know Outlook doesn't impose a limit on the number of
| recipients one can send to. That's never been my question. My
| understanding was that Outlook would send blocks of ten at a time so
| that the over all volume wouldn't exceed ISP limits. True?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| You were mistaken from the beginning - repeat, Outlook imposes no
|| limits, your ISP or mail admin has that duty. Outlook will send to
|| as many recipients as the server (ISP or mail admin) will allow. I
|| use Exchange at home and have my limit set to 500.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, gdsquinty asked:
||
||| Thank you for your response. To better clarify my question...I was
||| under the impression outlook would send only 10 at a time (of my 137
||| emails) so that my ISP wouldn't choke on all 137 trying to get out
||| with the same send request. My understanding was that this was a
||| feature of Outlook with the intent of helping me send my large
||| number of emails. Have I inadvertantly disabled this feature or
||| was I mistaken from the beginning?
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| No it is not true - Outlook imposes no limits on it ability to sent
|||| to multiple recipients - however, your ISP or mail admin may set
|||| limits.
||||
|||| --ÂÂ
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|||| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
|||| without reading.
||||
|||| After furious head scratching, gdsquinty asked:
||||
||||| I was under the impression that regardless of the number of
||||| recipients included in an email merge, Outlook would only send 10
||||| messages at a time to prevent a user's email server from shutting
||||| you down. Is that not true?
 
G

Gary Smith

It's not true, and it wouldn't be effective if it were tried. What I
wonder is where you got that idea.


gdsquinty said:
OK. I guess I'm still not clear on the distinction I'm trying to make. I
know Outlook doesn't impose a limit on the number of recipients one can send
to. That's never been my question. My understanding was that Outlook would
send blocks of ten at a time so that the over all volume wouldn't exceed ISP
limits. True?
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You were mistaken from the beginning - repeat, Outlook imposes no limits,
your ISP or mail admin has that duty. Outlook will send to as many
recipients as the server (ISP or mail admin) will allow. I use Exchange at
home and have my limit set to 500.

--?
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, gdsquinty asked:

| Thank you for your response. To better clarify my question...I was
| under the impression outlook would send only 10 at a time (of my 137
| emails) so that my ISP wouldn't choke on all 137 trying to get out
| with the same send request. My understanding was that this was a
| feature of Outlook with the intent of helping me send my large number
| of emails. Have I inadvertantly disabled this feature or was I
| mistaken from the beginning?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| No it is not true - Outlook imposes no limits on it ability to sent
|| to multiple recipients - however, your ISP or mail admin may set
|| limits.
||
|| --??
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, gdsquinty asked:
||
||| I was under the impression that regardless of the number of
||| recipients included in an email merge, Outlook would only send 10
||| messages at a time to prevent a user's email server from shutting
||| you down. Is that not true?
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