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Anybody know if it is possible to reply to several messages at once? I don't think it is. I need to send the same reply to tons of people who are applying for jobs and don't want to do this one email reply at a time. I've looked online for the answer and in help and it doesn't seem possible. No, I don't mean the Out Of Office. Creating Rules doesn't seem to work either, unless I'm missing something.

Anybody?

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Originally posted by Sunburnt
Anybody know if it is possible to reply to several messages at once? I don't think it is. I need to send the same reply to tons of people who are applying for jobs and don't want to do this one email reply at a time. I've looked online for the answer and in help and it doesn't seem possible. No, I don't mean the Out Of Office. Creating Rules doesn't seem to work either, unless I'm missing something.

Anybody?
Don't you just separate each email address with a semi colon? Send > wham!

Edit: Failing that, sign into your email client on the internet and see if you can do it that way.

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export the email addresses to excel, then use mailmerge

I'll send you my invoice separately.

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Originally posted by rhb
export the email addresses to excel, then use mailmerge

I'll send you my invoice separately.
Hmm. Yes, this might work. However, these are just strange people looking for jobs. Some will get that special invite, some won't. So they are not stored addresses. 🙁

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Originally posted by Sunburnt
Anybody know if it is possible to reply to several messages at once? I don't think it is. I need to send the same reply to tons of people who are applying for jobs and don't want to do this one email reply at a time. I've looked online for the answer and in help and it doesn't seem possible. No, I don't mean the Out Of Office. Creating Rules doesn't seem to work either, unless I'm missing something.

Anybody?
Can you set an autoreply? Maybe that will work.

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Originally posted by Sunburnt
Hmm. Yes, this might work. However, these are just strange people looking for jobs. Some will get that special invite, some won't. So they are not stored addresses. 🙁
still easily done via mailmerge, just apply a bit of common sense and logic.

By selecting all the emails you can export their contents/properties to excel - this should include email addresses. I've used it this way once I'm sure - it was a few years ago though in a different job, so I may be a bit rusty on it.

Once in Excel work through the list and put an identifying value against those to be interviewed, those to be declined.

Build your mailmerge on this basis. If you want to pretty it up a bit, add the given names of folks into the excel sheet, so you can address the email to them personally.

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Originally posted by rhb
still easily done via mailmerge, just apply a bit of common sense and logic.

By selecting all the emails you can export their contents/properties to excel - this should include email addresses. I've used it this way once I'm sure - it was a few years ago though in a different job, so I may be a bit rusty on it.

Once in Excel work through the list and put a ...[text shortened]... he given names of folks into the excel sheet, so you can address the email to them personally.
You RULE. I have not done a mail merge in ten years, though. I'll use the wizard. Thank you.😀

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Originally posted by Sunburnt
You RULE. I have not done a mail merge in ten years, though. I'll use the wizard. Thank you.😀
Good luck with it.

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Originally posted by Sunburnt
You RULE. I have not done a mail merge in ten years, though. I'll use the wizard. Thank you.😀
When you send, make sure their addresses go in the Bcc (blind carbon copy) section. You don't want to make the addresses visible to all recipients.

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Originally posted by buffalobill
When you send, make sure their addresses go in the Bcc (blind carbon copy) section. You don't want to make the addresses visible to all recipients.
Shouldn't be a problem with mailmerge if done properly - it'll send one mail per email address, not one mail to the entire group of email addresses.

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Originally posted by Sunburnt
You RULE. I have not done a mail merge in ten years, though. I'll use the wizard. Thank you.😀
Am I getting the social reply or the no need to apply version? 😕

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Originally posted by Sunburnt
Anybody know if it is possible to reply to several messages at once? I don't think it is. I need to send the same reply to tons of people who are applying for jobs and don't want to do this one email reply at a time. I've looked online for the answer and in help and it doesn't seem possible. No, I don't mean the Out Of Office. Creating Rules doesn't seem to work either, unless I'm missing something.

Anybody?
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Originally posted by Doctor Rat
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Originally posted by Doctor Rat
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Originally posted by Doctor Rat
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