Here is how you can easily send via Bcc to several people using the Address Book screen:
- Open the online Address Book.
- Select the contacts using the checkboxes at the left of the desired names. You will see a list of these contacts and the email addresses which will be used (the default email addresses for each of these contacts).
- Click Compose at the top of the screen. This will open a new Compose screen with those selected contacts in the To addressing field.
- Be sure the Bcc field is visible (by clicking the Show Bcc field if necessary).
- Cut the contacts out of the To field and paste them into the Bcc field.
- Complete the email and send it.
If you plan to send to a collection of people again in the future, the easy way to set this up is by using groups.
- In Settings>Address Book>Groups, use the Create Group button at the top to create appropriately named groups. A group name can use alphanumeric characters, space characters, and many other characters. I suggest that you not use the word "group" in a group name or any contact name. Be sure to save the group name(s).
- In the Address Book, select several contacts (using the checkboxes) and add them to one or more groups using one of these methods:
- Use the Groups button at the top and select the groups those contacts should belong to.
- Or drag the selected contacts (which are shaded yellow in the Standard theme) to the desired group (in the list at the left).
- Then to send to that group, open the Compose screen and type groups in an addressing field (To, Cc, or Bcc). You will see a list of ten of your groups.
- Then either click the desired group or use your keyboard up/down keys and Enter to select a group.
- If you have more than ten groups, you can type groups followed by the start of the name of the desired group.
- Or you can just type the name of the group.
- Once you select a particular group, the email addresses of all members of that group will be inserted into the addressing field.
You never have to type each address. You just use one of the following methods:
- Type a portion of the person's first and last name directly into the addressing field. For example, type "bo de" to find "Bo Derek" or "Bobby Dement" or "Dean Boaz". Or type just a portion of the first name or just the last name, and if that's not sufficient to narrow it down use a space and type the other part of the name.
- Click the correct name when you see it, or use up/down arrows and Enter to select it.
- Then repeat for the next name.
- As described above, type the name of a group or type groups to see ten groups (so you can select one).
- As described above, select multiple names in the Address Book, then click Compose at the top, then if necessary cut/paste those names into Cc or Bcc.
Bill