IP and Outlook email (bulk emails)

[Rebecca]

I am not sure if anyone can help me out with this but maybe you can send me
in the right direction.

I have a database of members, small only about 2000. I need a way to send a
mass email to them all. However my IP only allows 50 emails at a time and
consideres any more spamming. So what happens when I try to send, it backs
up in my out box and then eventually they all start getting returned. I
have talked to our IP and they don't have any way to change our account to
allow more than 50 at a time.

I have used different bulk emailers but would much rather use outlook if it
is at all possible. Is there something I can download that would "fool" my
server? Or an add-on to buy for outlook that would allow for bulk emails?

Thank you in advance!!!!!

Rebecca

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Try a mail merge from Outlook.

[Rebecca]

A mail merge works as long as I don't merge more than 50 records.
That is exactly where my problem is. I use the merge and when the email
sends it gets backed up in my outbox and then the IP, I guess, reads it as
spam. So just using a merge doesn't do the trick..

Rebecca

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[Wombat]

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> I have a database of members, small only about 2000. I need a way to send
a
> mass email to them all. However my IP only allows 50 emails at a time and
> consideres any more spamming. So what happens when I try to send, it
backs
> up in my out box and then eventually they all start getting returned. I
> have talked to our IP and they don't have any way to change our account to
> allow more than 50 at a time.
>
> I have used different bulk emailers but would much rather use outlook if
it
> is at all possible. Is there something I can download that would "fool"
my
> server? Or an add-on to buy for outlook that would allow for bulk emails?

Couple of options:

1. Migrate everybody to a service along the lines of Yahoo! groups

2. Set up your own SMTP server and push the emails out yourself. This is
probably the easiest way to do it.

BTW - on the internet there is a big difference between IP and ISP... I had
to do a double take when I read that your IP wouldn't allow you to send more
than 50 emails and that you were talking to your IP ;)

On another note, if your ISP is that unwilling to help then perhaps a change
is in order.