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  • Question
    How do I hide the email addresses of an email group when sending group emails?
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    When you send the email, put your name under "to" and put the full group name in BCC instead of "to".
  • Question
    How do I send out an email to my email list without the recipients knowing who else it was sent to?
    Community Answer
    Send it to yourself as the primary recipient, then add your email list members' addresses under BCC (stands for blind carbon copy). This sends a copy to you as well as to your recipients.
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    I have 36 addresses in the label folder. How do I send an email to all of them?
    Community Answer
    Compose a new message and type the name of the folder into the "to" field. The 36 addresses should appear.
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    How can I hide email addresses from recipients on my mailing list?
    Community Answer
    Put their email addresses in the Bcc (blind carbon copy) section of the address section of the email. No one else will be able to see their email addresses.
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    Why don't I have a new group option?
    Community Answer
    The new version of Google Contacts works with Labels instead of Groups. Just add a label instead of a new group, then continue with the same steps as explained.
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    How do I remove a contact from a group?
    Community Answer
    Go into a conversation with the contact you desire to remove from the group, or the person's G+ profile. Hover over the profile picture/name, and a drop-down menu of the group(s) the person is in should come up. Un-select the box of the group from which you wish to remove the contact.
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    I want to make a contact group with email addresses that I do not want permanently in my Contacts. Can I make a list using the emails rather than my contacts (like I can in MSOutlook)?
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    You can create a list of the emails in a spreadsheet with each email in a different cell of the spreadsheet. When you want to email them, just open the spreadsheet and copy the entire row of email addresses. Then, go to your Gmail and paste them into the "To" field. This will put all the email addresses into your outgoing email without creating them as contacts.
  • Question
    How can I add contacts to a group if I don't already have them in my contacts list?
    Community Answer
    Create contacts for them and then afterward put the contacts in the group.
  • Question
    How many email addresses can I send one email to at a time?
    Community Answer
    As many as you want.
  • Question
    Is there a way to add multiple lists of names to the contact list?
    Community Answer
    With contact groups, you can easily organize your contacts making it easier to email a specific set of people. For example, if you created a contact group called "Soccer club," you could just send a message to that group, rather than sending out an email to 50 different people. Never leave somebody off an email again. To create a contact group: Click Gmail at the top-left corner of your Gmail page, then choose Contacts. Select contacts that you want to add to a group, click the Groups button, then create new. Enter the name of the group. Click OK.
  • Question
    If I make a mailing list and it isn't a Google group, will other people be able to send an email to the label?
    Community Answer
    Yes, other people will be able to send an email to the label.
  • Question
    How do I add a label to a single email address when my contact has multiple email addresses?
    Community Answer
    The only fix I found was to edit the person's contact information to include the desired email address as the first email address.
  • Question
    How do I edit an email address in a group?
    Community Answer
    Simply click on the old information, and you should see a text box that prompts you to edit your previous entry.
  • Question
    After I make a mailing list with a contact list created as a new label, can that list be added to in the future?
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    Yes. Simply tag the new contact with the label name of your list. That email address will now be added to the label list and appear when you select the label.
  • Question
    How do I copy and paste a group of people in Gmail into a new list?
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    Go to Contacts. Click on the label you want to duplicate/modify; the related contacts will appear to the right. Hover your cursor over the photo next to any person's name; the photo will turn into a checkbox. Click it and a menu will appear above, enabling you to "Select All" (and do other things too: Send Email, Manage Labels, More Options). Now you can "Select All," deselect those you don't want in the new group, and create the new group.
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    How do I personalize each email to include the first name of each contact in their email in the label group?
    Community Answer
    Go to Google Contacts and find the contact you wish to change. Click on the person, and you can edit the entry.
  • Question
    How do I make it so my BCC recipients can see everyone else's emails?
    Community Answer
    You can't. The meaning of the "B" in "BCC" is "blind," so it doesn't allow recipients to see each other. Use "CC" instead of BCC if you want other recipients to be aware of one another.
  • Question
    How can I create an email list in Gmail if the contacts are not in my Gmail?
    Community Answer
    On the Gmail contacts page, click More, then click Import. You can import from a spreadsheet or a vcard file.
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    How do I create an email list without selecting contacts?
    Community Answer
    Put all the emails you want to email in a spreadsheet with one email per cell. Highlight the entire row/column and copy past it into the to the box.
  • Question
    What should I do if none of my contacts are showing?
    Community Answer
    Reload the page. If that doesn't work, try moving closer to the router or switching WiFi networks.
  • Question
    What do I do if nothing comes up when I click on Gmail?
    Community Answer
    This sounds like a problem with your browser or internet. Try using the Google Forums or restarting your browser or computer. If the problem isn't fixed, you may need to reach out to Google or your internet service provider.
  • Question
    In the group mailing, I can add mail IDs in the "TO" field. How can I add them in the "CC" field also?
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    The same way you add them in TO field. You just type in the name of the label. You might want to have a separate label for them, to make it easier for you.
  • Question
    Does Gmail automatically add people who have sent me email to my contacts? If not, is there a way to mass add email senders to contacts?
    Community Answer
    No it doesn't add them to contacts, it puts them in the frequently contacted list. To add them to your contacts, select the ones you want then click on the icon with a + and a person just about the names of the contacts, it will then add them to your contact list.
  • Question
    How do I add a second email for the same person to a group distribution list in Gmail?
    Community Answer
    Go to the person's name. On the right end of their name, there should be a pencil. Click on it to edit the contact. A pop up of their information will appear, then click the pencil on the top right corner. Next to their email address you will see a + button, click on it and add the alternative email address.
  • Question
    How can I send an email out to my whole group in Gmail?
    Community Answer
    Compose an email, and where you write the email ID, write the name of the label.
  • Question
    How do I add someone new to the label group in Gmail?
    Community Answer
    Click on create contact, click create a contact, enter info, click save, go to contacts, select the contact you just created, click on manage labels above, select the label you want the contact added to and click apply.
  • Question
    How do I create a new group that includes 30 contacts without creating 30 individual contacts first?
    Community Answer
    You can create a list of the emails in a spreadsheet with each email in a different cell of the spreadsheet. When you want to email them, just open the spreadsheet and copy the entire row of email addresses. Then, go to your Gmail and paste them into the "To" field. This will put all the email addresses into your outgoing email without creating them as contacts.
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