GMail Mailing Lists and Groups
Some of my readers are familiar with my post on GMail Folders that shows a workaround for the seemingly absent email folders that abound in other software.
I thought I would also post on how to create mailing lists (or mailing groups) in GMail. A mailing list is handy because you can specify a list in your message and the message will be sent to all the contacts in the group.
Create your mailing list or group
- Open up each contact you want in the group and click “Edit contact information”.
- Add the name of the group (e.g. “family”) in the “Notes” field and press “Save”.
Use your mailing list or group
- Go to your Contacts page and search for the name of your group. This should bring up all those with the group name in their notes.
- Click on the “All” link near the bottom of the page
- Click the “Compose” button
Voilà! A new email with all the contacts in your group.
Cool :)
Comment by DA — 2 Nov 05 @ 2:54
In Gmail, is it possible not to see the email addresses of the people I’m sending to?
Comment by simon — 3 Nov 05 @ 11:30
Not as far as I know.
Comment by Kim Siever — 3 Nov 05 @ 12:43
BCC
Comment by Terry — 18 Nov 05 @ 16:14
I thought he meant so you can see their names, but not their email addresses. But yeah, if he meant to hide them from everyone else, then BCC is the one to use.
Comment by Kim Siever — 18 Nov 05 @ 17:14
Is it possible to send forward an email to a group of people as defined above?
Comment by DA — 25 Nov 05 @ 1:28
No, not with the above method. However, you should be able to use this method.
Comment by Kim Siever — 25 Nov 05 @ 19:06
is there a way to create a group mail like yahoogroups ???
Comment by saminda — 31 Aug 06 @ 23:08
Yess, use Google Groups.
Comment by Kim Siever — 1 Sep 06 @ 9:46
Thanks :) !!
Comment by Alex — 6 Sep 06 @ 5:16
This was a great tip! Very useful. I just made my first mailing list from within gMail. And because of your post, I did it easily and quickly.
Thanks,
Tony V.
Comment by Tony V — 1 Jun 07 @ 22:24
Thanks, just what I was looking for!
Comment by foxnomad — 14 Dec 07 @ 7:27
Gmail has this functionality built in now.
Go to your contacts page and hit the + next to the picture of two heads.
Comment by Orangepeelbeef — 13 Mar 08 @ 13:55
Very true. Thanks.
Comment by Kim Siever — 13 Mar 08 @ 13:59
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