New email address - how do I inform 100+ of a new email address?

Jo4

I am currently setting up a new email address and I was wondering how do I inform the people in the contacts list, 100+, of the new email address without sending out the same individual email again and again?

EssexExile

Well you can send one email to lots of recipients, beware though that some systems limit how many recipients & may suspend your account if you go over. Like BT for example, they tell you this after you've tried to send to too many of course.

Jo4

EssexExile wrote: »

Well you can send one email to lots of recipients, beware though that some systems limit how many recipients & may suspend your account if you go over. Like BT for example, they tell you this after you've tried to send to too many of course.

The account is being changed from BT internet to Gmail.

Jo4

Is it possible to get emails diverted from the BT internet account to the Gmail account?

Jo4

I then have another few accounts to change from talk21.com to Gmail.

ChiefGrasscutter

Its a hopeless task you have set yourself!

Most of those to whom you send the change address email will ignore it
The rest will put your new contact details in their address book and NOT delete the original.....which they will continue to use.
Then everyone anyway will use the last email you sent to them from your old address as a template to use and send it off to you.

....as you may gather I simply detest people.

googler

The troublesome part isn't telling people - it's the websites where you've used the old e-mail to register, you can't get logged in, request a new password, and it goes to the old e-mail, which you can't access any more....etc etc

bsod

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_carbon_copy

tavernman

bsod wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_carbon_copy

Won't help with sending 100+ at one go the op''s mail server will probably view it as spamming(BT)

bsod

Most human beings have a wonderful capacity called initiative which comes into play when it's needed.

Some humans just like to snipe without adding anything useful.

Mr_Toad

I've done exactly the same thing and it's very simple.

I decided to stop using my btconnect email address prior to taking early retirement as a precaution against changing ISPs to a cheaper one at some future date.

I set myself up a Gmail account.

I emailed my contacts individually although you can do it in small groups. I'm an iMac user and wrote a simple script using AppleScript, a wonderful tool for automation of tasks, to go through my personal contacts and send each the same email notification.

I then logged into my btconnect account via webmail and turned on email forwarding on my three BT email accounts to my Gmail account.

I now only use Gmail but still get to see any mail sent to my BT accounts.

I worked my way through all my regular websites, forums, banking, insurance, etc. and changed my email details. Any you miss will show up as forwarded from your BT account and can then be dealt with accordingly.

A few people ignored the notification or didn't know quite what to do, most were fine, and after a while I stopped getting emails forwarded from BT, job done.

I haven't logged in to my BT mail for nearly three years now and only get the occasional email 'offers' from people I once bought something from. Most I ignore but occasionally I'll notify them if I think it might be useful.

It isn't an overnight process and you will miss people or companies you only deal with occasionally but a little time and patience is all that's required.