Contacts

S

Symphonic

When forwarding an email, I don't like it when it shows everyone's email
address. Is there a setting I can use to just show the like John Smith
instead of Johnsmith @hotmail.com? I am using windows mail with Vista.
 
G

Galen

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In
When forwarding an email, I don't like it when it shows everyone's email
address. Is there a setting I can use to just show the like John Smith
instead of Johnsmith @hotmail.com? I am using windows mail with Vista.

There is BCC which doesn't show anything to anyone other than the intended
recipient.

--
Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)

My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be

"In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason
backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes
 
G

Galen

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In
I don't know what BCC is, could you explain? I am sorry but this is new to
me.

Blind Carbon Copy :)

CC is Carbon Copy.

When you're sending out to multiple people you can put them all in the
regular email address bar and send 'em all a copy with everyone's name in
it. That's *normal* but bad.

When you're sending out to multiple people you can CC (carbon copy) and your
sending them their own unique copy. That too has everyone's name in it. It
is better but still bad in my opinion.

When you send out to multiple parties you want to BCC all the names so that
no one knows who else got the messages.

There are some exceptions, you might have a close circle of friends and you
want everyone to know who got the email. That's an exception, in that case
CC is the right way to go.

The singular address entry bar has been abused, it is just for one person
really. One person, one email.

I *think* you open a new email like you're going to type one, click on View,
and then click on Show All Headers. I am booted to XP at the moment so I'm
not entirely sure. Once you do it that one time you shouldn't have to do it
again though.

--
Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)

My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be

"In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason
backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes
 
G

Gary VanderMolen

BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. It means each recipient cannot see
any of the other recipients. If you do not see the BCC line when composing
an email, click on View, All Headers.
 
G

Gary VanderMolen

Windows Mail always shows both the email address and name of the
recipient while you are composing the email. What the recipient sees
when he receives that email depends on *his* email program.

Windows Live Mail typically shows only the recipient's name, except
when the recipient has multiple email addresses. To upgrade to
Windows Live Mail: http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
 
S

Symphonic

Thank you all for your help, I got it now. Go figure, such a simple thing,
but Bcc wasn't showing on my header. It is now, and I will use it. Thank you
so much for your help!
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Top