Multiple Recipients

[Barry Karas]

How would I send an e-mail message to multiple recipients without each
recipient knowing who the other recipients are?

I am using Microsoft Outlook 2003.

I have Windows XP with SP2.

Thank you,

Barry Karas

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

How would I send an e-mail message to multiple recipients without each
recipient knowing who the other recipients are?

I am using Microsoft Outlook 2003.

I have Windows XP with SP2.

Thank you,

Barry Karas

You place the recipients' names into the BCC field. I also
recommend that you post future questions on Outlook in
a dedicated Outlook group - that's where you will find the
Outlook experts.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

How would I send an e-mail message to multiple recipients without each
recipient knowing who the other recipients are?

I am using Microsoft Outlook 2003.

I have Windows XP with SP2.

Thank you,

Barry Karas

It's called BCC, blind carbon copy. Start a new message, click on either
To: or CC: and you will get the address dialog with the bcc field.

Enter the names in the bcc field.

Note that you should include yourself as the listed recipient, for two
reasons. First, the bcc list will be hidden from you once you send the
mail, so if you don't send a copy to yourself, you won't know if it was sent
properly. Second, some mail systems and clients will reject mail without a
valid recipient.

HTH
-pk

 

[Tim Slattery]

It's called BCC, blind carbon copy. Start a new message, click on either
To: or CC: and you will get the address dialog with the bcc field.

Enter the names in the bcc field.

But bear in mind that people on the BCC list may see the *entire* BCC
list. (People on the To: list won't see or even be aware of the BCC
list.) The problem as I understand it, is that the RFC that governs
this is ambiguous on this point. Some email clients - I know it's true
of Pegasus Mail - allow you to select whether BCC recipients will see
the entire list.

 

[Poprivet]

How would I send an e-mail message to multiple recipients without each
recipient knowing who the other recipients are?

I am using Microsoft Outlook 2003.

I have Windows XP with SP2.

Thank you,

Barry Karas

Use BCC: To expose it, start your message, click View; All Headers. Or use
the Address Book; it gives the choice for bcc also.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

But bear in mind that people on the BCC list may see the *entire* BCC
list. (People on the To: list won't see or even be aware of the BCC
list.) The problem as I understand it, is that the RFC that governs
this is ambiguous on this point. Some email clients - I know it's true
of Pegasus Mail - allow you to select whether BCC recipients will see
the entire list.

That would seem to me to be a selector for either Blind CC or ordinary CC
feature, since the point of *Blind* is to prevent distributing the names on
the list.

OE and Outlook do suppress the list display when BCC is used, and display it
when CC is chosen.

Good to know, though, that some mail clients may not actually send blind
copies blindly.

-pk

 

[Tim Slattery]

That would seem to me to be a selector for either Blind CC or ordinary CC
feature, since the point of *Blind* is to prevent distributing the names on
the list.

As I said, the RFC is somewhat ambiguous. The rule is that nobody in
the To: line sees the BCC list. It doesn't say that folks in the BCC
list can't see the other BCC addresses.

 

[Richard in AZ]

As I said, the RFC is somewhat ambiguous. The rule is that nobody in
the To: line sees the BCC list. It doesn't say that folks in the BCC
list can't see the other BCC addresses.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)
(e-mail address removed)
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

No one in the BCC sees any names other than those in the TO or CC.
Include your self in the BCC on one you send to someone else and check.

 

[Tim Slattery]

No one in the BCC sees any names other than those in the TO or CC.
Include your self in the BCC on one you send to someone else and check.

That's the way your email client works. It's not way all email clients
work.