How to Separate Email Recipients With Commas in Outlook for Student Email Lists

How To:

  • Separate Email Recipients With Commas in Outlook for Student Email Lists

Applies To:

  • Faculty & Staff

Steps:

Note: When trying to email a student list from Hornet365, Outlook may give an error saying it does not recognize commas as email separators (only semi-colons). Here is how to set it to allow commas. 

  • In Outlook go to the File tab and select Options.

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  • Select the Mail category.
  • In the Send messages section, select the Commas can be used to separate multiple message recipients check box.

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  • Select OK.
  • Close and restart Outlook, then go back to Hornet 365 and click your email list.

If Outlook is not opening when you click on the email list, it may not be set as the default on Windows. In the start menu search for 'Default'. Click Default Apps, then be sure the Email app lists Outlook not Mail. If it says Mail click it and choose Outlook instead.

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