January 23rd in Address Book, Mail.app by Matt .
Reader Question: How Do I Make A Distribution List in Mail?
I received a question from a reader today asking me how to set up a distribution list like he had on his Windows machine with Outlook. My response to his was this:
- Make sure that you have an Address card in Address Book for each of the people you want on the list.
- Create a New Group by selecting the “+” button under the Group area.
- Name the Group like you did in Outlook.
- From your Address Book entries Drag and Drop the names of the people you want in the Group to the group name.
- Now open up Mail and in the “TO:” Field type the name of the Group you created.
- Type your e-mail and Press Send.
I hope this helps him and you out.
October 16, 2008
Hi:
That works fine but leaves all the adresses visible to the receiver, something I would like to avoid. How can I do that?
thanks.
Gert
December 18, 2009
I know this question is over a year old, but I had a similar question today about making a private e-mail distribution list on Apple Mail, and saw this recent helpful answer on the Apple support forums: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10640120
November 14, 2010
What is a address card? I can’t find de + under the groups area. please help :S
March 24, 2011
Same as above the group area only has contacts under it nothing else
July 20, 2011
Can you create a distribution list from someone else’s email? Someone sent me an email with many addresses. Rather than sending a reply all email I’d like to create my own distribution list from the email I received. Is that possible?
Thanks!
–lynda
August 30, 2011
In Outlook 2007:
Click the contacts tab.
Click the down arrow by ‘new’.
Select ‘Distribution List’.
Add the contacts that you want in the Distro. You can use ‘Add new’ to add names not in your contacts or you can use ‘Select Members’ to add from your contacts list.
September 14, 2011
Can you do the same thing on a mac?
December 7, 2011
I have the same question about how to do this on a Mac
January 1, 2012
Yes, I have the same issue. I’ve been using Mac’s for almost 3 years and there are a few aspects of the Mac software which are absolutely A1 5h1t – as far as I can see this task, which should be oh-so-simple, is one of them.
Can anyone help?
February 2, 2012
If you go into Mail>Preferences>Composing:
Unclick the “When sending to a group, show all member address”
Hope this helps.