If it is not blocked by ISP I would recommend to run
own e-mail server like Mercury/32.  And I'm not sure
that Yahoogrops do better job than e-mail client
Pegasus mail,  at least for decent size list.

Toomas




----- Original Message -----
From: "David Grossman" <[log in to unmask]>


> Hi, Peter,
>
> That is precisely what groups such as Yahoogroups, Googlegroups, Topica,
> Smartgroups, and others were set up to accomplish.
> Yes, people criticize their service, but the fact is that they do a FAR
> better job of handling distribution lists than Outlook or any e-mail client.
>
> David Grossman
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Shkabara" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 2:23 AM
> Subject: [PCSOFT] e-mail distribution list
>
>
>> I use Outlook 2003 and know how to create a distribution list. The problem
> I
>> am running into is that I want the mail to be sent to all individuals as
> BCC
>> so that all of the e-mail addresses don't show up on the recipient's "To"
>> line. A way to do this is to place the group in the BCC field, but then
>> there needs to be a recipient in the To line.
>>
>> To avoid having a particular individual listed in the To field, I tried
>> creating a dummy contact, say "Parish Members", but if I don't add an
> e-mail
>> address, Outlook refuses to send the message. If add a real address, then
>> Outlook adds that address to the To line in addition to the text that I
> want
>> to show. Any way to get around this?
>>
>> I do have a solution - if needed, I can create a real e-mail address
> called
>> [log in to unmask], but I was wondering if there is another
>> solution.
>>
>> A secondary question. Does anyone have a simple explanation of why
> Microsoft
>> has an "Address Book" AND a "Contact List" in Outlook? Seems that they do
>> the same thing in different ways.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Peter
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