BCC Field

[gemsofgold]

Hi I have a friend using Outlook 2007 on her computer when she sends me or a
group of undisclosed recipients an email by using the BCC line. The email
coming into my outlook express says From: her name and To: her name but not
my name. How does it work for Outlook to place her name in the To: Box? She
says she does not get a copy of the email in her inbox.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Hi I have a friend using Outlook 2007 on her computer when she sends me or a
group of undisclosed recipients an email by using the BCC line. The email
coming into my outlook express says From: her name and To: her name but not
my name. How does it work for Outlook to place her name in the To: Box?
She
says she does not get a copy of the email in her inbox.

First, Outlook Express and Outlook are not the same thing. They're different
programs.

You can see her name in the To field because she put it there. Bcc means
"blind courtesy (or carbon) copy" and Internet mail protocols include the
address for the Bcc in the envelope of the message but not in the headers so
you can't see anyone else to whom the message was addressed.

 

[gemsofgold]

Hi Brian,
That much I understand but when I send an email using the BCC field it goes
to recipients saying from my name and the to: is blank. In her Outlook it
shows from her name and to: her name. And when I choose to reply all to her
it will put her name in the to: line twice, she only receives one copy of the
email even though when I send it it shows her name twice. She does not
understand why using the BCC option it always will send the email saying from
her and then to her when coming into another person's inbox. Gems

 

[gemsofgold]

She also says she does not put her name in the To: box and only lists names
in the BCC: line

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Some mail servers add the name of the sender in the To line when nothing is
specified there.
Also, the mail server usually can filter out when a single messages is
addressed twice to the same recipient.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

That much I understand but when I send an email using the BCC field it goes
to recipients saying from my name and the to: is blank.

Because you didn't put your name in the To field.

In her Outlook it shows from her name and to: her name.

When she composes a message? I doubt it. On whose PC are you looking at her
message - on her PC when she composes it? On her machine when she receives a
copy? On your pachine when you receive a copy? Please describe the situation
explicitly.

And when I choose to reply all to her it will put her name in the to: line
twice

Naturally. She's the sender and she is a non-blind recipient. Reply All will
include the sender and all non-blind recipients.

she only receives one copy of the email even though when I send it it shows
her name twice.

If Outlook can determine that two recipients are, in fact, the same, it will
send only one copy of the message.

She does not understand why using the BCC option it always will send the
email saying from
her and then to her when coming into another person's inbox.

Perhaps if we knew the exact steps taken when composing and addressing the
message and exactly where and when you see what you don't understand, we can
explain it.

 

[gemsofgold]

Her name appears in every email I get from her when she is using the bcc
option to place the names in. She does not have her name in that line at all
or is not sending the message to herself. She is using Outlook 2007 and I am
using Outlook Express. It appears to me that I receive an email from her as
well to her in my inbox. Sorry for the confusion. When I use the BCC option
in sending a message it shows up in my sent items folder as a message from me
and the to is blank. thanks Meg

 

[gemsofgold]

She is sending a message using the BCC on her computer using Outlook. She is
putting in a list of recipients in the BCC field not including herself as a
recipient. When I receive the email in Outlook Express it shows an email
from her and to her and does not show my name at all which I assume is
because she is using the bcc field to enter my email address, why then would
I not get an email from her and to: being blank. That is how they appear in
my sent items folder when I sent out a group email using the BCC field. So
does Outlook automatically add the sender to a bcc field? She claims she is
not sending the message to herself at all. Meg

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

She is sending a message using the BCC on her computer using Outlook. She
is
putting in a list of recipients in the BCC field not including herself as a
recipient. When I receive the email in Outlook Express it shows an email
from her and to her and does not show my name at all which I assume is
because she is using the bcc field to enter my email address, why then would
I not get an email from her and to: being blank.

Each mail client is free to fill in fields as it wishes. I suspect either
Outlook Express or your mail server may be filling in the To field. When your
Inbox with her message selected, click Ctrl-F3 to open the "Message Source"
window. Look at the headers. Is there a "To" header there?

 

[gemsofgold]

Hi Brian,
Yes in doing the message source that is how the message shows up From: and
To: this person. Meg

 

[gemsofgold]

Also we are both using the same internet provider! Meg

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Also we are both using the same internet provider! Meg

I still think Outlook Express is adding the phantom "to", but I no longer use
OE so can't test without some effort. Perhaps I'll try.