braindamage Loc: Appley Bridge, Lancs, U.K.

I am using Mail on my Mac and want to send an email to all my contacts at once-does anybody know how to do this? Many thanks in advance.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I use Gmail, and I could go to Compose > To and then click on Select All. There should be a way to make a Group and then put everyone into that Group.

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

Paul, Apple Mail uses what you set up in the Contacts application. Go into Contacts, and find the "+" sign button that enables you to choose between adding a New Conact or a New Group. Select New Group - this will create a new entry that you can name whatever you like in the column on the left.

Once the Group is created, you can drag any number of contacts from the general listing into it.

You can make any number of groups - perhaps one for "Family", another for "Joke-getters" and so on- there is no limit.

Hope that helps.

Jackel Loc: California

In your list of contacts, hold down the CTRL key and click on each contact you wish to received the mail. Then click on the BCC: choice and add the chosen contacts to that box of the email. That way each recipient will not see the address of any of the others who received the email.

braindamage Loc: Appley Bridge, Lancs, U.K.

Thank you very much for that I will get on to it today.

braindamage Loc: Appley Bridge, Lancs, U.K.

Thank you very much I shall try it out later.

braindamage Loc: Appley Bridge, Lancs, U.K.

I know this sounds daft but I can't find a Contacts button! If I create a new email it automatically enters a contact as I start to type a name?

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

You misunderstand - "Contacts" is a separate address book application in the Mac - it's where you can set up friends and family etc. and even organize them into various groups. The Mail program "looks" at the Contacts application - as you start typing a name into the "To" field Mail will present you with names or group names that match what you type. So if you add 100 names to your Contacts application, and then put 30 of them into a group you name "Shutterbugs" then when you create an email in Mail and type "shut..." into the To field the Shutterbugs group will appear and allow you to select it, resulting in all 30 individual contacts appearing in the To field.

Now, without having any data in the Contacts application, Mail will pop up the names that match folks to whom you have previously sent emails - but there is no way to group them.

I hope that helps.

stbg1951 Loc: Lewes, DE

One suggestion. When you send it instead of "To" use "BC" (Blind copy). Otherwise every reply to you may very well go to everyone your sent your email to.

braindamage Loc: Appley Bridge, Lancs, U.K.

Ahh! The penny has dropped! Stupid me! Many thanks.

braindamage Loc: Appley Bridge, Lancs, U.K.

Yes I will do that thanks.