Re: distribution list - hide names - BCC and/or other methods

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Yes, I posted in the Outlook and got the answers. I was missing a step that
included a button on the Mail Merge toolbar called "Merge to email". Thanks
for trying to help. I hope when I said "I'm an idiot" you didn't think I was
being sarcastic to you about something you said, I really meant it about
me!! Thanks again!

"Brian Desmond [MVP]" wrote:

This is something you might be better served if you repost in the Outlook
group. I really have very little expertise when it comes to this sort of
thing.

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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP - Directory Services

www.briandesmond.com


"Rebecca" <Rebecca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm so sorry, apparently I'm an idiot. When I open Word, and choose
Tools,
then I don't see anything called Mail Merge Wizard. If I choose Tools>
Letters and Mailings then I see a choice called Mail Merge and a choice
called Letter Wizard. I chose Mail Merge. It opens a nice mail merge
guide
that I have used many times before to create LETTERS to print on a
PRINTER.
I've never used it to create EMAIL MESSAGES to send from OUTLOOK EMAIL.
Obviously the steps are different, and I can't figure them out !!! DUH!!!
:-( These are the steps I did so far, but somewhere I'm just not making
the
connection:

Open a blank Word document

Choose Tools> Letters and Mailings> Mail Merge

On the right, choose the radio button "E-mail messages"

On the right, Choose "Next: Starting Document"

On the right, Choose "Next: Select Recipients"

On the right, Choose "Browse"

Use drop-down box to choose the location of the .TXT file, and choose it

Answer "OK" to all the Data Source windows until you are back to your
blank
document

Choose "Next: Write Your Letter" and type in the text of your email
address

Choose "Next: Complete the Merge"

The do at that point doesn't look correct to me. Even if it was, then how
do I send that as an email? It seems to want to go to a printer to be
printed

"Brian Desmond [MVP]" wrote:

I always read the help file for this - in Word there's a Tools>Mail Merge
wizard you can use.

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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP - Directory Services

www.briandesmond.com


"Rebecca" <Rebecca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yep, that's exactly what I want to do. How do I do that?

"Brian Desmond [MVP]" wrote:

A mail merge which sends one message per customer would be your best
bet
I
think.

--
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP - Directory Services

www.briandesmond.com


"Rebecca" <Rebecca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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SORRY, I posted previous message before I was done typing! Here's
the
complete message:

What is the BEST way to send the same email message to a large group
of
customers, but control what the recipient sees in the "To:" field of
the
email they receive?

Sample distribution list "MY CUSTOMERS"
Miles Smith (msmith@xxxxxxxxxx)
Michael Dell (mdell@xxxxxxxx)
Steve Ballmer (sballmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)

I know by default that when I choose a distribution list such as
"MY CUSTOMERS" in the "To:" field when I create the message, it
looks
like
To: + MY CUSTOMERS on my screen, but when the email is received by
each
person,
their received email shows every individual name and email:
To: Miles Smith (msmith@xxxxxxxxx; Michael Dell (mdell@xxxxxxxx);
Steve
Ballmer
(sballmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)

I would rather have the recipient's email display just the
distribution
list
name
To: MY CUSTOMERS

or ideally display with only their own name
To: Michael Dell
even though the same message was sent to tons of people.

When creating the message, if I put nothing in the "To:" field and I
put
MY
CUSTOMERS in the BCC field, it does hide all the names, but the
message
looks
too blank and impersonal:
From: Becky
To:
Cc:
Subject: whatever

If I put my own name in the To: field and the distribution list in
the
BCC
then the received email really looks weird:
From: Becky
To: Becky
CC:
Subject: whatever









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