BCC issue

[Karen]

I apologize if this might have been answered before, but I
cannot locate a similar question and response.

First, we are using an Exchange Server with a combination
of Office 2000 and Office 2003 applications. In this
example, Office 2000 is on the recipients pc and Office
2003 is on the sender pc. When an email with a bcc is
sent, the email recipient noted in the bcc field cannot
see that they are the intended bcc recipient. The message
shows TO and CC and almost looks like it was misdirected.
Is there anyway that the receiver can tell that the
message was indeed intended for them as a bcc?

Thank you.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

This is a training issue: If the user's name is not in To or CC, then they
were copied in as a Bcc, by process of elimination.

 

[Karen]

Thank you for responding, however, I don't believe I
explained it so that you could really understand what I'm
asking. Lets say that Don wants to send a message TO:
Mike with a CC: to Dick. Don also wants to BCC: Bob. Bob
gets the message but doesn't know why because from his
view of the message all he sees is Mike and Dick's names
and he cannot see that he has been BCC'd. Is there a way
for Bob to visually see that he has been BCC'd?

Since spam and virus issues are all too familar, our users
tend to disregard messages where their names do not appear
anywhere in the header.

Thanks,
Karen

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I understand exactly what you're saying. There is no Bcc: Bob. Bcc
recipients never show in a message, by definition. Bob need to understand
that if his name isn't in To or Cc, then he got the message as a Bcc.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers