Posting here because all the usual suspects seem to frequent this group.

I need to distribute some details to all registered members of a club.
Only around 60 at the moment, but it should be scalable.

Two obvious options:

(1) Send a single email with all the addresses in the BCC field. Offloads
the processing to the mail network. However there is the risk of a mis-op
(as regularly seen in the press) where CC instead of BCC is used.

(2) Send one email to each recipient. This puts more load on the mail
originator and need to be throttled to avoid SPAM black listing but this
removes (hopefully) the risk of revealing email addresses.

I could hand craft this (memories of building utilities using Perl and Blat
in my mis-spent youth) but if possible I would like a generic solution for
any Windows user and using a Gmail account so that it can be handed over
to the less computer literate in the longer term.

My first hits on Google seem to resolve around Outlook and Office, which
not everyone has.

I suppose a web based solution would be best, because you do get the
occasional Apple user and support of Apple tablets would be a bonus.

Asking the question whilst I research in case anyone has already solved
this.

Failing memory suggests that Mailchimp has been mentioned before.
Looking at it I see that it is free for less than 2,000 subscribers and
12,000 emails per month. This seems to fit nicely. Anyone using it?

Cheers


Dave R

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Windows 8.1 on PCSpecialist box