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How do you send mass-email so the recipients don't see one another's addresses?
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How do you host a web site?
There are two components to having a web site, once it has been designed and all the web pages and iamges are ready. 1) A domain, which is your web address, for example, www.yourdomain.com. This is usually paid by the year. And 2) Hosting, which is a service that 'puts' your site's files on a server that can be accessed via the internet at your web address. This is usually paid by the year or month.
I use and highly recommend www.godaddy.com for all hosting and .com and .net domain registration, and www.lowcostdomains.ca for registering .ca domains. I can help you in this process, but I always insist that domains and hosting plans are made in the client's name.
When you get a domain, if separately, you will need to log in at the site where you bought your domain to change the "NAMESERVERS" to match those of your hosting. (If you get your domain and hosting at the same time, at the same place, this might be done for you.) If you get them separately, which is fine, your host will email you their Nameservers (usually two). Then you need to log in to your domain, where you bought your domain, and input the new Nameservers. In a day or two your domain and hosting will be married, so whatever files you upload to your host will be visible or public at www.yourdomain.com. I can take these steps.
You see, you can get hosting any time, and upload your files to it, but they won't be available at any internet address. Or, you can get your domain / address, but not have any files anywhere. Modifying the Nameservers of your domain, to match those given by your hosting, marries the two, and this takes some time to 'propagate' over the internet.
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How do you send mass-email so the recipients don't see one another's addresses?
In Outlook Express, in your new message window (where you type your new email), click View --> All Headers (at the top). This will make visible a "Bcc" line, under the "To:" and "Cc:" lines. All addresses put in the Bcc field will recieve the email without being able to see who else got that email. This is ideal for large mailing lists, etc.
People sometimes put their own address in the "To:" line, so they get a copy of their own email as a sort of confirmation that it went out. But this isn't necessary.