Sending dist list using BCC still shows my contacts!

[Guest]

Hello everyone!

I have a doozy .. I've searched through the forums but think I'm the only
one to have this problem. Basically I have created my distribution list,
stuck it in BCC and emailed out to all my customers .. no problem you think
.... WRONG! even though I used the BCC field it still displays all the
contacts to each other S

Help what am I missing!!

P.S. no I haven't put it in the To or CC fields as well ;o)

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

What you claim cannot occur. What is your evidence?
Addresses placed in the BCC field cannot be viewed by recipients.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Something must not have been done correctly. State what you did step by step
including sending software, transport type, recipient software.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Well obviously what I claim is true and can happen, as it has. My evidence
is
a customer phoning me and telling me he could see them all, me checking
another customers email and also them forwading it to me.

What you claim cannot occur. What is your evidence?
Addresses placed in the BCC field cannot be viewed by recipients.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hello everyone!

I have a doozy .. I've searched through the forums but think I'm the
only
one to have this problem. Basically I have created my distribution
list,
stuck it in BCC and emailed out to all my customers .. no problem you
think
... WRONG! even though I used the BCC field it still displays all the
contacts to each other S

Help what am I missing!!

P.S. no I haven't put it in the To or CC fields as well ;o)

 

[Brian Tillman]

Well obviously what I claim is true and can happen, as it has.

Then it wasn't because of the Bcc field. There are other ways to have the
address visible, but it's not possible because of the Bcc field. That
information isn't even shown to the mail client. Only mail servers exchange
that information and in a non-retentive fashion (except, perhaps, in
diagnostic logs).

My evidence is a customer phoning me and telling me he could see them
all, me checking another customers email and also them forwading it
to me.

And in what field did this person see them?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The plot thickens. I knew there was more to this story. Always provide full
details when you post a question. Do not expect us to read minds. For
example, state how you created email in Publisher 2007. State which sending
option you selected. State how you configured the email form to display the
BCC field. State what transport was used.
We can't solve this without steps to repro. Information in the BCC field is
never even presented to the mail client.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Only just cottoned on eh?

Created mail via Publisher 2007, clicked send to email, using Outlook 2007
added already created dist list (created in Outlook 2003 via MS
instructions)
to BCC field, clicked send.

Try being a bit more courteous in your messages, you get better responses
from people that way.

Something must not have been done correctly. State what you did step by
step
including sending software, transport type, recipient software.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Well obviously what I claim is true and can happen, as it has. My
evidence
is
a customer phoning me and telling me he could see them all, me checking
another customers email and also them forwading it to me.



:

What you claim cannot occur. What is your evidence?
Addresses placed in the BCC field cannot be viewed by recipients.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hello everyone!

I have a doozy .. I've searched through the forums but think I'm the
only
one to have this problem. Basically I have created my distribution
list,
stuck it in BCC and emailed out to all my customers .. no problem
you
think
... WRONG! even though I used the BCC field it still displays all
the
contacts to each other S

Help what am I missing!!

P.S. no I haven't put it in the To or CC fields as well ;o)

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

So quiet all of a sudden. So did you "cotton on" to the mistake you made so
that others can learn from it? That's part of the deal here in newsgroups.
Outlook did not do this. Invariably, this has been an end user issue.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Only just cottoned on eh?

Created mail via Publisher 2007, clicked send to email, using Outlook 2007
added already created dist list (created in Outlook 2003 via MS
instructions)
to BCC field, clicked send.

Try being a bit more courteous in your messages, you get better responses
from people that way.

Something must not have been done correctly. State what you did step by
step
including sending software, transport type, recipient software.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Well obviously what I claim is true and can happen, as it has. My
evidence
is
a customer phoning me and telling me he could see them all, me checking
another customers email and also them forwading it to me.



:

What you claim cannot occur. What is your evidence?
Addresses placed in the BCC field cannot be viewed by recipients.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hello everyone!

I have a doozy .. I've searched through the forums but think I'm the
only
one to have this problem. Basically I have created my distribution
list,
stuck it in BCC and emailed out to all my customers .. no problem
you
think
... WRONG! even though I used the BCC field it still displays all
the
contacts to each other S

Help what am I missing!!

P.S. no I haven't put it in the To or CC fields as well ;o)

 

[Rich/rerat]

Some receiving ISP's require that there be an email address in the TO: Line of a
message, or they will move the show the addresses in the BCC: Line. A workaround
is to create a contact in your address book, call it "Nefermet Distribution
List", and use your email address for that contact. You can get a "throw-away"
email address for that purpose, at sites like Yahoo or Hotmail, to cut down SPAM
for your personal or business email address(es). Place that contact in the TO:
Line of the message, then add your distribution list to BCC: Line of the new
message. In addition, the receiving ISP mail server, may require that the email
address in the TO: Line, be a valid or contain a recognized domain name, in
their SPAM filter program. If not the message might not get delivered, anyway.

 

[Brian Tillman]

The customer sent me a screen clipping and it shows all the addresses
in the "To" field which I thought was just slightly odd.

While I can't explain how the address got into the To field, it's not
possible for them to have been moved there by Outlook when they were in the
Bcc field at sending time.