You can create a single group name (or alias) to use when sending a message
to several contacts at once. Simply create a group name and add individual
contacts to the group. Then, just type the group name in the To box when you
send e-mail.

1.. In the Address Book, select the folder in which you want to create a
group. Click New on the toolbar, and then click New Group.
2.. The Properties dialog box opens. In the Group Name box, type the name
of the group.
3.. There are several ways to add people to the group:
a.. To add a person from your Address Book list, click Select Members,
and then click a name from the Address Book list.
b.. To add a person directly to the group without adding the name to
your Address Book, type the person's name and e-mail address in the lower
half of the Properties dialog box, and then click Add.
c.. To add a person to both the group and your Address Book, click New
Contact and fill in the appropriate information.
d.. To use a directory service, click Select Members, and then click
Find. Select a directory service from the drop-down list at the end of the
text box.
After finding and selecting an address, it is automatically added to
your Address Book.
4.. Repeat for each addition until your group is defined.
Note

a.. To view a list of your groups separately from the Address Book
listings, in the Address Book, on the View menu, make sure that Folders and
Groups is selected.
b.. You can create multiple groups, and contacts can belong to more than
one group.

If you want to send to a group without all the addresses being shown to each
recipient, open the Address Book and make a new entry. Enter the group name
in the Display field, but use your address. (Some ISPs require a legitimate
address in the To line, and the recipients will know it is from the group).

Click the To button | Enter the group name using your address in the To
field | Enter the Group in the BCC field.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Happy" wrote in message
...
Put group name in the "to" field, but vary the group name slightly, ie.
instead of "Construction and design working group" use "Design and
construction working group". Then make your own email address the address
for the group name you use in the "To" field (actually set it up in your
address book) and put the actual group name in the "BCC".
"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
Putting the group name in the To field will result in all names being
visible.

OE will not do a mail merge.
--
Ron Sommer

"PA Bear, MS MVP" wrote in
message ...
Using BCC, *none* of the recipients will see anything in TO field.

Try creating a Group and then putting the Group name in TO field.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)
AH-VSOP


"mac123" wrote:

I wish to send the same email to several people at once.

Using Bcc stops all the recipients from seeing any of the email
addresses,
that I am sending that email to...

But how do I get 'each recipients' to see 'just their own email
address' in
the 'To: field' of the email copy that they receive?
ex:
copy to ~ ~
just sees his email address ~ ~ in his 'To: field'
And...
copy to ~ ~
just sees her email address ~ ~ in her 'To:
field'
etc,etc.