If you use Word, then create an Email mail merge, you have no need to use the BCC field...since the mail merge will send an individual custom email to each contact you choose in your Outlook Contacts.....so the only address in the mail is theirs Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of errol Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 1:07 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Fw: Re: can it be done with outloook? Linda My question related to using BCC from the e-mail address book. Can this be done by simple mail-merge?.I have several mailing lists. I was thinking of personalizing them with a mail merge. What I don't know is how to mail merge a mailing list from an address book. That's why I thought of Outlook. By the way my Office is XP Errol ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************