Sending a message w/ recipient's name in TO field but bcc can't se

[Guest]

I want to send an email to X and BCC: person Y and person Z, too although I
don't want those in the BCC to know that i've sent the email to X in the TO
field. Essentially, I want no one to know who I am sending the email to.
I tried to put everyone in BCC but my name appears in the TO field. I want
to have X's name in the TO: field but no one in the BCC to see X's name.

 

[Ivan T. Williams]

....can't be done! Just put all in the BCC field...

 

[Guest]

That's a fairly complicated situation. And I'm not sure you can pull it off.

If you don't want Y & Z to see X's name, then you have to include him in the
BCC. And it would be mutually exclusive to have X's name in the TO:, but not
have anyone see his name.

As I undestand it, there really isn't a way around it using Outlook.

 

[Ivan T. Williams]

....you know what, just put YOUR email address in the TO field, and everyone
else in the BCC! That should not draw any questions or speculation...

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

It certainly might raise questions about whether it's a legitimate message. A lot of people won't look at messages that don't have their name in the To or Cc and are not from a "safe sender."

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers