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I would like to send the same email to multiple contacts without the TO field showing all 20 email addresses. Is this possible to achieve in GMAIL WITHOUT sending each email individually or using a mail service like iContact or Aweber?

UPDATE: I would also prefer not to use BCC.

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While this is off-topic, the bcc field will help you. – whitequark Aug 23 '10 at 21:17
Thanks. Yeah, so far it appears to be the only way. – cdburgess Aug 23 '10 at 21:52
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Is there any reason whatsoever not to use the BCC field? That's exactly what it's designed for, and is the only difference between BCC and TO. Also, this would be better suited for webapps.stackexchange.com. – nhinkle♦ Aug 23 '10 at 22:49
So then where would this be posted if not here? Gmail is not considered software? Wow! Sounds like a bunch of control freaks. – cdburgess Aug 23 '10 at 23:46
Or organization freaks, actually. ;-) – digitxp Aug 24 '10 at 1:26
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I use Google Groups to create a mailing list for small groups.

You can force membership in the group so people don't have to subscribe.

Then just send an email to the group account and each person in it will receive the email as it if was intended just for them.

It will also create a history of all the emails ever sent to this group which comes in handy some times.

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The only way I know is to send the mail expecially to ONE user and add the group as Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy). That way only the "normal" user is able to see the used contacts.

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I have thought of that too. I don't really like that as an option because I would like the user to think it is coming specifically to them. But thanks for the suggestion. – cdburgess Aug 23 '10 at 21:29
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Mail Merge.

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Can you elaborate? How is this accomplished on gmail? – cdburgess Aug 23 '10 at 21:41
Read the instructions, they're fairly thorough. If you're not familiar with what a mail merge is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_merge or google.com/… – Force Flow Aug 23 '10 at 21:48
Mail merge something different than what I am asking for. I am not looking for a way to take multiple addresses and print a template document with those addresses. I am looking to write one email and sent it to multiple email addresses but appear as to only going to a single address when it arrives in the users inbox. Am I missing something? – cdburgess Aug 23 '10 at 21:51
Peruse the instructions. No labels or physical addresses are involved. This is technically an email mail merge. It should do what you describe. – Force Flow Aug 23 '10 at 22:08
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@cdburgess What you could do is create a mail merge with no custom fields, only email addresses. – digitxp Aug 23 '10 at 22:45
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1) You can send individually like you mentioned (with 20 recipients, it's not bad as long as it doesn't happen regularly)

2) You can create a mailing list using a mail client. I don't believe gmail has this option. But either way, it won't be personalized. Either the recipient will just see the group name/address or they will see all the recipient's email addresses. It depends on how it's set up and what the mail client can do.

2a) Try looking into Google Groups to see if that's an option for you.

3) A mailing list manager / web application, such as PHPlist or DADA Mail.

4) A mailing list service, such as Aweber or 12all.

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