Shel, I agree with Robert. And if you still need to set up "address books" in Gmail, just use groups in your Contacts list. Move people to a group and then you can email that whole group by entering the group name in the To: line. People can be in more than one group, just like a tag. Big group emails often go to spam. I hear that keeping it to 10 at a time is a safe bet. Val *_____________________________________Val Nelson* THE BLACK SWAN COACH Career, business, and whole life support for introverts and "SOULpreneurs." * Client Stories <http://www.valnelson.com/about/testimonials/> * Join the Introvert Clubhouse <https://www.facebook.com/groups/Introvert.Clubhouse/> * Ask Val (work advice column for introverts) <http://www.valnelson.com/DearVal> val at valnelson.com www.ValNelson.com <http://www.valnelson.com/> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote: > > > > At Wed, 22 Apr 2015 08:42:13 -0400 Shel Horowitz < > shel at principledprofit.com> wrote: > > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Until a few months ago, I frequently sent out eblasts to groups of > people: > > humor, progressive politics, western Mass events. Then I was forced to > stop > > using Eudora. > > > > These days, I'm primarily using GMail but I haven't found a way to e.g., > > mail something to my Western MA list. I've set a couple of the lists up > in > > Outlook, but I really hate using Outlook because anything in the inbox > > becomes an individual document that shows up when I search for documents > in > > the Finder (vastly decreasing the utility of search), because it > generates > > constant annoying error messages, and because it needs me to re-enter my > > password frequently. So I am only loading the program when I absolutely > > have to send a bulk mail, but then each time, another 500 emails become > > searchable in the Finder. > > > > Surely there must be a way to set up address books in GMail. > > Anyone know it? > > I'm going to suggest something different: a server-based mailing list > (typically using a program like Mailman), rather than a mailing list on > your > 'local disk' (or in this case in your *private* (?) space on google as > part of > your GMail account -- in this instance it is functionally equivalent). > > There are several important advantages here: > > 1) [Probably the most important one] list serve software (like Mailman) > allow > the members of the list to unsubscribe to the posts, on their own without > any > effort on your part. (You can also set it up so new people can subscribe > on > their own.) > > 2) Only *1* copy of the post is stored in your local mail folders (eg in > your > Sent folder). There is (optionaly) ALSO a copy on the list server in the > archives (which can be public or private). > > 3) List serve programs like Mailman will be E-Mail bandwidth 'friendly' and > will send the 'blast' to a limited number of receipents at a time and > handle > all of the scheduling and queing automagically. Also *you* are only > sending > *1* message to the list serve address and the list serve program takes > care of > delivering messages and will deal with broken e-mail message (bounces). > > I don't know if Google provides a generic E-Mail list serve service. Yahoo > does [YahooGroups] (but I would NOT recomend Yahoo). There are other > providers > free or otherwise (Deepwoods Software is a low-cost provider: $2.50/month > per > list). While most of the time these E-Mail list serves are 'bi-directional' > (all subscribers can post), it is possible to set up an E-Mail list serve > to > only let selected persons to post (usually the owner, but the owner can > delegate posting rights as he/she sees fit). > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Watch (and please share) my TEDx Talk, > > "Impossible is a Dare: Business for a Better World" > > *http://www.business-for-a-better-world.com/tedtalks/ > > <http://www.business-for-a-better-world.com/tedtalks/>* > > > > Shel Horowitz - Green Business Profitability Expert > > Helping you find the value in your values since 1981 - because > > green isn't just good for the planet--it's *great* for your bottom line > > > > Contact me to reach green, socially conscious consumers with > > marketing that has THEM calling YOU" > > > > Twitter: @shelhorowitz > > > > * First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified > > * Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame > > > > http://business-for-a-better-world.com * http://greenandprofitable.com/ > > mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com * 413-586-2388 > > Latest award-winning, best-selling (8th) book: > > Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green (co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson) > > > > Blog: http://greenandprofitable.com/shels-blog > > _________________________________________________ > > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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