Create a mailing list with Thunderbird?
 

Hello,

I have an email that I need to send out every month(the contacts are different but recipients are the same).

1 person is in the TO column 2 people in the CC column and 1 person in the Bcc column.

Is there a way I can make a shortcut to enter the recipients automatically using Thunderbird?

Would this be called a mailing list?

I used T-bird years ago and forget the details, but there is a way to make a "template" message.
Pre-fill and of the contents -- except the part that changes -- and save the template.
When ready, retrieve the template, make your changes and send.

You can also create what I call an "alias list". For example, I send a message to all 12 families associated with my lacrosse team. There are two and three email addresses per family. I have an "alias" named "Lacrosse Team" that I name as a TO: entry and all 35 addresses get filled in.

WARNING: This latter approach fails when the number of addresses gets larger than a few dozen. Many email servers block messages like that in an attempt to (1) suppress spam, and (2) throttle server workload.

Hoping this helps,
~~~ 0;-Dan

When you start sending to a larger number of recipients you will want to use mailing list software like GNU Mailman. That way you can send to the group via a central address, automatically manage subscriptions, and have a searchable and browsable message archive.

I agree about using list software, but your original post (OP) did not imply that you were sending to dozens or hundreds of folks. It appears that you are looking for ways to avoid typing X names in the TO: box, then Y names in the CC: box, then Z names in the BCC: box ...
... for ... every ... email ... that ... you ... want ... to ... send ... again ... and ...
... again ... and ...

I feel that I must offer a warning of sorts if you send to large numbers of folks.

Most internet providers monitor the amount of email getting sent by each subscriber. They want to guard against two things at a minimum. First, they want to stop attempts to distribute spam. Second, they want to manage their mail server resources across all of their end users. In my experience, messages with large numbers of targets in the TO: plus CC: plus BCC: fail to send with various stated reasons.

So you change your approach and send one message per target address instead of one message to a long list. This time you risk running foul of your end-user terms of service because you are sending too many email messages.

Good luck,
~~~ 0;-Dan

Thank you everyone.

Sorry for the very late reply.

I setup a template and it works perfectly for what I need.

Because I only send 1 email a month to a few people I don’t really need any lists yet.

Thank you.

Please consider:

• write a brief summary of the steps involved with making the template
• include link(s) to helpful articles or documents
• attach a copy of your template (scrubbed) of any proprietary data

With this, someone else might find this thread and read your solution.

Congratulations,
~~~ 0;-Dan

It was pretty strait forward. I just didn’t know about the template save function.

Basically:
fill out a new email with your to, cc and bcc.
Save as template

When you want to sent to the same people again in the same way, just open your template and its all there.