Mail merges are sent as single items, so the ISP limits do not apply. One major reason to use a mail merge and not BCC.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, DL asked:

| It might depend on whether your ISP permits these numbers
|
| "kris2u" <kris2u@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:13978BB9-B699-4444-8879-DB95B15B1BE8@microsoft.com...
|| 1. Where can I find the pro's / con's of doing a buk email merge
|| direct through outlook vs. outlook through MS Word?
||
|| 2. Any suggestions of either pay sites or freeware that would work
|| better than either of the above / have advantages?
||
|| I have 2 general size ranges of Excel csv files: 50 - 200 contacts
|| and about
|| 2,000 - 4 or 5,000.
||
|| I understand the personalization issue but I'm concerned about them
|| not getting past filters / being rejected as spam, getting notified
|| about undeliverables, and any issues with my PC being unable to
|| process them / memory size.
||
|| I use Office 2003 & XP Pro.
||
|| Thanks very very much!
||
|| Kris