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Peter James - 26 Oct 2006 14:30 GMT

Is it possible to send an e-mail to everyone in my address book. I am in the
process of changing my e-mail address and find the thought of individual
e-mails exhausting.

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Doc O'Leary - 26 Oct 2006 15:16 GMT

> Is it possible to send an e-mail to everyone in my address book. I am in the
> process of changing my e-mail address and find the thought of individual
> e-mails exhausting.

For essentially that exact purpose try File->Send Updates

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Jon - 26 Oct 2006 15:28 GMT

> > Is it possible to send an e-mail to everyone in my address book. I am
> > in the process of changing my e-mail address and find the thought of
> > individual e-mails exhausting.
>
> For essentially that exact purpose try File->Send Updates

Neat! Didn't know that one. Thanks! :-)

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Fred Moore - 29 Oct 2006 19:35 GMT

Doc O'Leary <droleary.usenet@4q2006.subsume.com> wrote:

> In article <0001HW.C166771500234FEAF0284530@news.claranews.com>,
> Peter James <pfjamesAT@clara.co.uk> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> For essentially that exact purpose try File->Send Updates

Hi Doc, Do you happen to know exactly how Address Book/Mail.app executes
this? Specifically, are individual emails sent to each person in the
address book? So if you have 100 people in your address book, do you end
up with 100 identical messages in your sent mail box? Or are the
addresses put all into one To:, Cc:, or Bcc: line? If the updates are
sent in one uber-email, Bcc: would seem to be the appropriate line. Does
that happen? The help file doesn't discuss the details of Send Updates.
tia

--Fred

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Jon - 29 Oct 2006 20:07 GMT

> If the updates are
> sent in one uber-email, Bcc: would seem to be the appropriate line. Does
> that happen? The help file doesn't discuss the details of Send Updates.
> tia

HTH
It uses the bcc line and sends one message only.
(I tested it for you... ;-)

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For contact info, run the following in Terminal:
Mail: echo 36199371860304980107073482417748002696458P|dc
Skype: echo 139576319600233690471689738P|dc

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Fred Moore - 30 Oct 2006 15:56 GMT

> > If the updates are
> > sent in one uber-email, Bcc: would seem to be the appropriate line. Does
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> It uses the bcc line and sends one message only.
> (I tested it for you... ;-)

Thanks, Jon. This seems the smart way to handle the task. but you never
know. I appreciate your efforts. Thanks again.

--Fred

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Jim - 30 Oct 2006 15:09 GMT

In article
<fmoore-D49FF6.13321429102006@network-065-024-007-027.columbus.rr.com>,

> Doc O'Leary <droleary.usenet@4q2006.subsume.com> wrote:
> > In article <0001HW.C166771500234FEAF0284530@news.claranews.com>,
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>
> --Fred

Been following this thread with interest since I'm moving in the near
future and have dreaded the process.

I tried the File/Send Updates with ALL highlighted in my AB but the
choices were limited to my Smart Group packages only and not everybody
in my AB.

I'm using OS 10.4.8/Mail 2.1(752/752.2).

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Jon - 30 Oct 2006 15:35 GMT

> I tried the File/Send Updates with ALL highlighted in my AB but the
> choices were limited to my Smart Group packages only and not everybody
> in my AB.

Hm. I could only select all non-"smart" groups.

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Jim - 31 Oct 2006 15:56 GMT

> > I tried the File/Send Updates with ALL highlighted in my AB but the
> > choices were limited to my Smart Group packages only and not everybody
> > in my AB.
>
> Hm. I could only select all non-"smart" groups.

Jon -- As they say in politics, I misspoke. I do not have a list of
Smart Groups. On the left side of my main Address Book window I have
ALL followed by a list of seven Groups. When I open File/Send
Updates(with ALL selected), my only choices are the seven groups.

The Info Question mark on this opened page brings you to the AB Help and
talks specifically about sending to groups only and not to everyone in
the AB.

So are we back to the OP's original question?

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Doc O'Leary - 31 Oct 2006 20:46 GMT

> So are we back to the OP's original question?

Only if the OP isn't smart enough to create a new group with everyone in
it for the purpose of the update. I'm not so sure that *that* broad of
a broadcast is a good idea, but the workaround is easy enough.

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Jon - 31 Oct 2006 22:35 GMT

> Jon -- As they say in politics, I misspoke. I do not have a list of
> Smart Groups. On the left side of my main Address Book window I have
> ALL followed by a list of seven Groups.

No problem.

> When I open File/Send
> Updates(with ALL selected), my only choices are the seven groups.

I made a non-smart group called Everyone and dragged all my contacts
into that manually. (Select the default "All" and click one contact,
then Cmd-A, then drag over to the new group). This new group was
eligible for the Update command. I didn't try to send to it, for obvious
reasons as I have not changed my info lately and do not want to hassle
1000+ contacts with an unnecessary test mail, but I see no reason why it
should not work.

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gtr - 27 Oct 2006 15:42 GMT

>> Is it possible to send an e-mail to everyone in my address book. I am
>> in the process of changing my e-mail address and find the thought of
>> individual e-mails exhausting.
>
> For essentially that exact purpose try File->Send Updates

Cool. Didn't know this was there. It does pre-suppose you have
categorized "everyone in your address book", of course.

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Beth C - 31 Oct 2006 02:10 GMT

I don't see this within my Mail App??

> >> Is it possible to send an e-mail to everyone in my address book. I am
> >> in the process of changing my e-mail address and find the thought of
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> Cool. Didn't know this was there. It does pre-suppose you have
> categorized "everyone in your address book", of course.

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Dave Balderstone - 31 Oct 2006 02:36 GMT

> I don't see this within my Mail App??

Maybe that's because it's in Address Book?

Google top-posters, I swear...

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Shawn Hirn - 31 Oct 2006 05:27 GMT

> I don't see this within my Mail App??

Look in Address Book.

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