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Sending Mass Emails Using Gmail? Don’t Get Locked

The holiday season is near and you want to send personalized email greetings to all your friends, family members and customers using the standard Gmail (or Google Apps with Gmail) service. How to Send Bulk Emails using Gmail Since the web interface of Gmail doesn’t support personalized emails, you should connect your Gmail account with Microsoft Outlook (via POP3 or IMAP) and also import the Gmail address book into your Outlook Contacts. Now you can use the mail merge feature of Outlook to send personalized messages to every single Gmail contact from the desktop. This may sound like an easy plan but there’re strict sending limits and, if you aren’t careful, Google may even block your Gmail account temporarily for up to 24 hours and you’ll neither be able to send nor receive any emails during that lock-out period. Email Sending Limits in Google Apps If you are using Gmail with Google Apps, you cannot send messages to more than 500 unique email addresses per day. For instance, if you s...