Yes, a day or so ago mailblaster would send to newsgroups, but not the House or Senate- it kept freezing up. Also, teesdale's mass emailer is temporarily offline. You can use Outlook Express to create a "group" of email addies to send a bcc mass email to- details here:
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Thanks backhoe - I'll set up the emails as you suggested.