How do I create an email group on iPad 2?

This is quite an old thread now, but I thought I should say that the methods described earlier, of placing a string for a group

in the address book, can no longer be used due to changes introduced in iOS 9, (Mail now rejects multiple addresses added from a contact). Currently you will need to use an app, (such as our MailShot Pro) to do this.

In response to those iOS9 changes, we added new methods to send group email, forward email to a group from Mail, or share a document directly

from Photos or Files to a group.

Peter

Full Disclosure: I am the developer of MailShot and may benefit from its sale.

YOu must purchase a third party app to do that. You cannot create contact groups with the mail app and the contacts app on the iPad.

Look at the Group Email app for this functionality.

The default Mail app that comes on the iPad will not send to groups. There may be an app alternative in the App Store.

There are a number of apps that can send email to groups from inside their own emailing App.

However our own "MailShot Pro" takes a different approach, and creates and manages special contacts for each group that you can use from most of your favourite apps including Mail, Maps, Photos etc. like it was a built-in feature.

its also the only way to forward mail to a group, including all original attachments, and the only way to send group email from Siri.

Find out more on http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mailshot-pro-group-email-done/id445996226?ls=1&mt =8.

A free trial version is also available with limited capabilities.

Peter

Soluble Apps

Disclosure: I am the developer of MailShot and may benefit from its sale.

I just want to say that the developers really missed on this one. I love my iPad and do most of my Day to day work on it. To not be able to send emails to group that I do business with is a big miss on apples part. I know that I can use a third party software. But why should I when that could have simply been an added function? Please consider how important of an item this function is and make it right. Thanks

I seriously cannot believe that Apple has not added this functionality at such a seemingly mature point in IOS development. I mean, really, Apple? How complex could this be?!?!

You can always leave feedback to Apple on this issue here

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Oh I did. So frustrating. The lazy developers on the iPad email team need to get the lead out. They still haven't managed to figure out how to refresh mail via pulldown gestures like every other single app in the history of all app creation.

Hey,

Please Check out this:

The default Mail.App doesn't allow this, but third party apps do.

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Just wanted to add my disappointment with group email not available on the new iPad. It's hard to understand why not

Hi

One solution is that you create contact in Contacs and add more than one email address by separating them with decimal point (,). like: xxx@xxx.ff, yyy@yyy.ff,

For me tis worked on new iPad

It's a comma (or semicolon) rather than a decimal point, if you're doing it manually, but that method does work across iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

This is actually close to how our "MailShot" app works (unlike most other group email apps) except that MailShot manages the groups for you and makes it easier to delete and add contacts to your groups.

If your groups are small you can try our free version on

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mailshot-group-email-done/id410279354?ls=1&mt=8.

There's an upgrade path to the full version if you like it in that app. or you can go straight to the Pro version:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mailshot-pro-group-email-done/id445996226?ls=1&mt =8

Any problems, get in touch on our support email.

Peter

Soluble Apps

Disclosure: I am the developer of MailShot and MailShot Pro and may benefit from their sales.

It works fine for me on the iPad & iPhone

bernphys

I read everyone's questions and answers about how to create a group on my iPad email....cant' believe this huge need slipped through the cracks.....no suggestions that I read seemed to be what I wanted to do.....

I ended up taking the time on my iMac to copy and paste the 45 email addresses, one at a time, separated by a comma, into a Word document. Then I attached it to an email to myself.

I opened up the email in my iPad, opened the Word document and saved it as a Pages document. Now, when I want to forward or send an email to the group, from my iPad, I open the document, copy the whole list of email addresses, and paste it into the To section of my email.....no limit to the number of addresses....

It only takes the time to do it once, and makes it fast when I need all those addresses to send or forward a group email without going to the unknown area of a third party. Works for me.

I figured out how to do this!!! Go to your setting and set up a shortcut for whatever group name you want and then copy and paste your email addresses. Takes a bit of time to set up but then you're done!!!

Hope this helps all, who like me, found this function lacking.

Iampiggles