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I have a word document that is set up as a mail merge letter (I have also tried email). The mail merge accesses a database and creates the letter based off of the database fields. One of the fields is a list of email address that, that particular letter record needs to be sent to. I know that mail merge does not support CC so I am attempting to combine email address however when I click the merge to email button it does nto recognize the email. It is actually combining the differant email address as if they were just one. I have the email address seperated by a semicolon and a space. Does anyone know how I can get this to work? Each letter record must got to 3-4 differant people. A distribution is not possible as these letter are disciplinary and so the email is to the employee chain of command for a company that has close to 30,000 employees. I will not be sending out more than 10-20 differant letters each day though. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!