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Posted by CalvinMaker (Member # 2032) on :

Does anyone know how I can make a group-contact in gmail, so i don't have to type out all the emails of my band members every time I want to send out an email?

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

Click on Compose mail. It lets you click on the people in your contacts list that you want to send the email to. Than you can write one email and it'll go to everyone you've selected.

Posted by CalvinMaker (Member # 2032) on :

I mean I want to have a "group", where if I type in the group's name, it automatically gets sent to everyone in the group.

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

I figured that, but couldn't find a way to do it.

Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :

There is a help forum and it's searchable. I found an explanation that I tried to link to but it didn't work. Then I tried copying the information, but that didn't work either.

Go to Gmail help discussion and type "group" in the search box. "Creating a group for contacts" was the second item when I did the search. That is where the explanation was.

Here's hoping my post works this time.

[ December 20, 2004, 02:28 PM: Message edited by: CaySedai ]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Yeah, basically their Help menu says It can't be done at this time. But that they are working on it as a new feature.

FG

Posted by dragonfoss (Member # 7155) on :

if you edit a contact and put the same note for everyone you want to have in a list all you have to do is search for the note in contacts i.e. "band" [Razz]

Posted by IdemosthenesI (Member # 862) on :

Steps to jury-rig a group contact. This is an imperfect two-stage process, but will work in a pinch.

Stage One

Open the Contacts Window
Click "Add Contact"
In the "Name" Field enter the name of the contact (i.e. band, hatrack, etc.)
In the "Primary e-mail" field, enter the addresses of all desired members of the group, separated by commas (i.e. joe@joe.com, frank@joe.com, billy@bob.com, admin@hatrack.com, f_prefect@hitchhiker.com, ...)
Click Save

Stage Two

Click "Compose Mail"
In the "To" field, enter the name of the group to which you would like a message sent and press enter. The name should be replaced with the list of addresses in brackets, preceded by the name of the group (i.e. "Hatrack" <dagonee@cq.com, nathan@taylor.com, john@jorge.com, billy@bob.com>,)
MOST IMPORTANT STEP: Delete the brackets and the name of the group from the "To" field leaving only the addresses separated by commas. Failure to perform this step will result in message failure due to "invalid address."
Compose and send message

Hopefully they'll get this fixed soon so that no two-stage process will be necessary. Enjoy!

Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :

When I checked my Gmail to see if I could find the answer to the problem of making a contact list, I discovered I can now invite 10 friends to Gmail. I was down to one invitation and now I have 10. [Eek!]

I don't think I know 10 people who don't have Gmail - I think Hatrack is pretty well tapped out. [Grumble]

Am I going to accumulate Gmail invitations until I have to invite the whole world? [Angst]

Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :

Mine works fine. I don't know why yours wouldn't be, though. Sorry.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

I don't have Gmail. But neither do I want Gmail. So we're okay there.

Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :

BookWyrm,

I sometimes have it time out, but after 2 or 3 tries, they messages will always download.

On the bright side, I never hate having to use the web interface.

*Edited for spelling only*

[ December 22, 2004, 10:46 AM: Message edited by: peterh ]

Posted by Griffin (Member # 7166) on :

quote:
Originally posted by IdemosthenesI:

Hopefully they'll get this fixed soon so that no two-stage process will be necessary. Enjoy! [/QB]

So, is there a shorter way?

Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :

Tom we have antoher one for our list! Sweet.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

I love seeing Jay's admiration of Tom.

Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Griffin:
So, is there a shorter way?

You could go to "Contacts," select the checkboxes you want to send mail to and hit "Compose," but if you have a large number of people in your group, that might not be all that practical.