YeS RiP: How to Send Bulk/Mass Email With Gmail
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How to Send Bulk/Mass Email With Gmail

How to send bulk email

By pedrog

This is a little how to on how to send bulk email using a free Gmail account, Outlook Express and a free email sender program, you can use this to send a newsletter to a list of contacts or to send your marketing emails, there is no limit on your email list.
Gmail Account

First you need a Gmail account, once you logged on, go to Settings -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP, and check "Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on" and "Enable IMAP".
Outlook Express

Now lets configure Outlook Express to use your Gmail account IMAP, just go to this page on the Gmail support and configure your client.

Configure Outlook Express not to give warning when a third part program is using it, go to Tools -> Options -> Security and uncheck "Warn me when other applications try to send mail as me".
EmailSender

EmailSender is a free software you just need to download and install it.
When installed configure the program to use Outlook Express IMAP.
Go to View -> Options -> Send Method and check "Send via MAPI"
Now you just need to load your email list, set up an email message and sent it.
All this for free. Enjoy.
If you need a professional system to manage your newsletters check my AWeber How To.