Sending to Mailing Lists With Thunderbird

Here are the instructions for mailings to a large list of people using Mozilla Thunderbird:

1). If sending from an email address other then your own, setup a "new account".
Select File > New > Account
Select Email Account then Next >
Enter the Name as you would like the Recipient to see (i.e. "Help Desk")
Enter the email address you would like them to reply to (i.e. contact@help.com) Note: this can be an alias or real email address
Select Next >
Enter "yourincomingmailserver.com" as the incoming server Next >
Incoming username should be YOUR username (i.e. testuser) Next >
Account Name should be the email you are sending FROM Next >
Select Finish

2). Create a list with one email per line using a text editor and save the file in an obvious place with an obvious name (i.e. list.txt).
Example:
yo@yo.com
test@test.com
abc@def.com

3). Open the Thunderbird Address Book and import the names into a new Address Book
Select Tools > Import
Select Address Book > Next
Select Text file > Next
Change the "File of Type" to "Tab delimited..." and select the file from step 2.
Using the "Move Up" and/or the "Move Down" buttons adjust the Book file to read "Primary Email" for the corresponding "Record data to import". Uncheck "first record contains field names" Select OK, the import should take a few seconds.

4). Create a list and import the emails in the new Address Book (from step 3) into the list.
Right click the new Address Book and select "New List"
Enter a unique List Name (ex: list1) select OK
Now select ALL the names in the address book created in step 3 and drag them to this list.

5). Compose a message changing the "From" to the desired name. Address the message to the list using only the BCC. When the recipient reads the message they will see in the "To:" field and the address you designated in the "From:" field.


Hope this makes future mailings easier
-A