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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.
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.
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.
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