[sylpheed:36629] Re: how to create a list of e-mail addresses on sylpheed

[Celejar]

On Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:45:30 +0200
Antonio Ospite <ao2 at ao2.it> wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 03:27:57 +0000 (UTC)
> Globe Trotter <itsme_410 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello, 
> > 
> > I have 65 students in my class and I would like to create
> > a distribution list which will make it possible to send e-mail to all
> > of them by not having to add in all of their addresses everytime. How
> > do I do this?  Many thanks!
> >
> 
> You can "almost" do that using Tools -> Address book:
> 
>   1. Create individual contacts (Address -> New Address), one for each
>      member of the group.
>   2. Create a group (Address -> New Group) and add the addresses to it.
> 
> Then, when sending an email:
> 
>   3. Open the Address book, select the group, select all the addresses
>      in the group and click "To:" once, and then close the Address book.
> 
> I don't know if it's possible to put the group name directly as a
> recipient.

I wish it was - like the OP, this is a feature I really wish
Sylpheed had. I'd like to be able to simply enter an alias into the
To:, Cc:, or Bcc: fields and have a group of addresses automatically
added. As it is, I do it the way you suggest, but it requires so many
more steps than the alias way.

Celejar