Sending text to more than one people at a time

Hello
I have a problem when I go to text someone. I sent out a text today to a bunch of people, I think like 8 people. I went through my contacts and added them to the recipients of my message. It sends the message out as a picture message for some reason (this is what my friends have told me). Is there anyway to stop that?
Also once my friends go to respond to the message their response goes to all of the other people that I texted on top of me. Why does my phone do that?
Please let me know what I can do and if you need more details on my issue.
Thanks

The iPhone4 by default, sends messages addressed to multiple recipients as MMS messages. When a message is addressed to multiple recipients, the message will be sent via MMS and the iPhone header will display, "New Group MMS".
If you do not want the recipients to be able to "reply to all" you need to disable this function on your phone. Below I have provided the steps.
From the home screen, select Settings.
Select Messages.
From Group Messaging, drag the switch left or right to enable / disable.
Enabled when set to ON.
ON
Multi-recipient text messages will be converted to MMS messages. Recipients of these group messages with capable devices will be able to see all of the message recipients and "reply all".
OFF
Multi-recipient text messages will be sent as SMS messages. Message recipients will not be able to "reply all" nor will they be able to see a list of the message recipients.
Hope this helps, please feel free to contact us back if you need more assistance.
John B

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