Send as mass mail removed from free v8?

[Gary]

This is a duplicate of your question asked at:

Send as Mass mail gone! Why?

I have finally succumbed to the constant Update message to free V8 this morning, but find that the Send as mass mail option has gone. This annoys the hell out of me, as it is something that was of real value to my club activities. Can the BCC option take it’s place? If somebody has used this for a mass mail can they please respond.

Please don’t duplicate the question in multiple threads.