Outlook 2003 for outgoing mail to 250 recipients

[Jonathan]

My little church wants to get organized about outgoing e-mail messages and
handle some differentiation in distribution lists. They are a POP3
installation. None of the messages are likely to carry big attachements.
There will be times that all 250 addresses will be invoked but most message
events are going to be under 200 outgoing e-mails.

Searches about e-mail limits turn up messages here about character limits in
the BCC field, use of which I understand is the usual way to protect the
e-mail addresses of the individuals in the distribution. I'll ask the ISP
about this and someone here may know how long the BCC list can be. Please
tell us what you know about this.

But what about Outlook's mail merge? This just makes individually addressed
separate e-mails, right? Some personalization, too. For this scenario I have
to worry that the church looks like a spammer... right? .. which would
trigger some kind of block, I bet. But if that's not the case, this seems
easier that install listserve software, which I don't know how to maintain.
Again, I will seek the ISP's policy.

The benefit of Outlook is its ability to hold specific distribution lists, I
should think, for certain committees, vendors, etc. The scale of this just
250, seems to be within the operating parameters of Outlook 2003.

Now, is it the same for OL2007? That's what I use so my documentation won't
help me with the OL2003 that the church uses.

Thanks, in advance, for any suggestions.

Jonathan

 

[Pat Willener]

These limits are usually on the mail server side, so you are right that
it's best to consult with your ISP.

And don't worry, 250 outgoing emails will not make you a spammer
But again, it's best to discuss it with your ISP.

 

[Jonathan]

These limits are usually on the mail server side, so you are right that
it's best to consult with your ISP.

And don't worry, 250 outgoing emails will not make you a spammer
But again, it's best to discuss it with your ISP.

So, there are no limits in the OL2007? Is Mail merge the way to do this?

How about a smaller group like 75 people and the admin wants to make up the
group by placing the addresses in the BCC field. (And wants to save the group
for uses in the future... Are there limits to the character counts in one of
these fields?

Other posters have mentioned limits. This is a POP3 setup, not Exchange.

Jonathan

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

How about a smaller group like 75 people and the admin wants to make up
the
group by placing the addresses in the BCC field. (And wants to save the
group
for uses in the future... Are there limits to the character counts in one
of
these fields?

Undoubtably there is a limit to the number of characters you can enter into
a test field, but if 200 addresses isn't too many (and it isn't), 75 is not
either. That, of course, doesn't address anything about the limit that may
be imposed by the server. Some mail servers limit the number of recipients
to 20.+

 

[Jonathan]

Undoubtably there is a limit to the number of characters you can enter into
a test field, but if 200 addresses isn't too many (and it isn't), 75 is not
either. That, of course, doesn't address anything about the limit that may
be imposed by the server. Some mail servers limit the number of recipients
to 20.+

Thanks for these responses!
Jonathan