Format of email address when pasted from Address Book

Question

I am trying to send bulk emails using my Address Book. The records have been imported by via a text file where the email address appears correct. In Address Book all the email addresses are fiormatted correctly. However, when a group is imported into a 'To' field in Mail, some of the addresses are changed, like this:
John Doe <[email protected]>
instead of simply
[email protected]
Mail rejects all of the addresses which include the name and the characters.
Why are they appearing when they do not appear
a) in my database source
b) in my text file exported from the database
c) in the corresponding record card in Address Book?

Answer 1

Okay, I suspect you are giving the mail program a bunch of email addresses with extra commas.
Do this:
Open Address Book
Open Mail
Select New Message
with your mouse drag an email address from the Address book and drop it in the BCC line
Do that for all the addresses without manually adding commas. (Mail hides the commas when the addresses are in the Address Book. It just shows the first and last name in an oval.)
Or if this is a list you will be using a lot, in Address Book, make a new group and drag the address cards into the group and then in Mail put the group name in the BCC line.
-fred