Outlook Express Query

[telboy1938]

Hi Guys, Can anyone tell me why I am limited to the number of contacts I am able to send or forward mail to at one time? If I send to 10 or less contacts at one time (no matter how large) there is no problem....but 11 or more is rejected with a "to many recipients" message given. Thanks for any help forthcoming. Tel

[factor-fiction]

Maybe it's to prevent the sending of spam.

Are you putting the names in the To box? Maybe try putting a longer list into the CC box instead and see if that works

[ChuckFickens]

It's not outlook express, it's your mail provider restricting you, who is your provider?

As factor says, either try them in the cc or the bcc field

(as a side note, if you are sending emails to lots of people it's generally considered good form to put the addresses in the BCC field so you're not sending a list of everyone's email addresses to everyone that receives the email)

[telboy1938]

HI Chuck, Pleased you are around, I always use the bcc box for all mail (which I would like all senders to adopt) As you say it eliminates giving addresses out to "un-wanted eyes"......My ISP is Sky....So, any furthse suggestions please?

[factor-fiction]

How many recipients do you need to send your emails to?
If it's only 20 or 30 then it shouldn't take too long to send the same email 2- 3 times, but I can see it's a pain if you want to send hundreds of copies.

[ChuckFickens]

From what I can find there is a limit of 15 recipients and it doesn't matter how you split them between to, CC or BCC. it also seems they may block repeat emails going out in a short space of time to try and bypass the limits.

If I recall correctly you have your own domain? if so the only way round it may be to pay for and use a proper (i.e. more professional) host for your domains emails and send using their servers instead.

[telboy1938]

Thanks Guys, My usual "Block" email send-out is 25 / 30 each time so I guess Chucks suggestion of using the domain server. Once again, thanks for help. Tel