Sending Email to multiple addresses with only recipients address shown in "to" box

[Adi]

Hi,

I'm working on an e-newsletter for my local football teams supporters
trust. For privacy protection, when I send the email out to all the
recipients I would like it to only show the recipients email address
as they get it.

I.e. when the receipient opens the email, their address is the only
one shown in the "To" box.

Other than individually sending out the email to each person, is there
a quicker way of doing this such as maybe a VBA script?

Many Thanks to anyone who can help.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Just use a mail merge to electronic mail. Outlook uses Word for performing
mail merge functions such as Form Letters, mailing labels, envelopes, and
fax or email merges. For an overview of these functions take a look here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/printlabel.htm
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/mailmerge.htm

 

[johnbyrns]

Hi,

I would just put everybody's email addresses in the "BCC:" (Blind
Carbon-Copy) field instead of the "To:" field. Then, the recipients
will only see their own email address.

Cheers,

John

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

False. Recipients will see nothing in the To: field.

 

[johnbyrns]

Russ,

Well, it worked for me when I sent a test message to an Outlook 2003
and Outlook Express 6.0 client. In both cases, the recipient's name
showed up in the To: field.

The more importand point is that recipients will not be able to see
other recipient's names or email addresses.

Cheers,

John

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Perhaps, but you did not mention from which application you sent the
message. It was not Outlook. Outlook will not do this. Outlook Express
might. I've never used it. It has nothing in common with Outlook.

 

[John Blessing]

To chip in, I just sent an email with OL2003 to two bcc recipients and they
both arrived with the recipient address in the TO field.

--
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Perhaps, but you did not mention from which application you sent the
message. It was not Outlook. Outlook will not do this. Outlook Express
might. I've never used it. It has nothing in common with Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Well, it worked for me when I sent a test message to an Outlook 2003
and Outlook Express 6.0 client. In both cases, the recipient's name
showed up in the To: field.

The more importand point is that recipients will not be able to see
other recipient's names or email addresses.

Cheers,

John

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Clarify your post.
If you put addresses only in the BCC field, no recipients will see them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

To chip in, I just sent an email with OL2003 to two bcc recipients and
they both arrived with the recipient address in the TO field.

--
John Blessing

http://www.LbeHelpdesk.com - Help Desk software priced to suit all
businesses
http://www.room-booking-software.com - Schedule rooms & equipment bookings
for your meeting/class over the web.
http://www.lbetoolbox.com - Remove Duplicates from MS Outlook

Perhaps, but you did not mention from which application you sent the
message. It was not Outlook. Outlook will not do this. Outlook Express
might. I've never used it. It has nothing in common with Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ,

Well, it worked for me when I sent a test message to an Outlook 2003
and Outlook Express 6.0 client. In both cases, the recipient's name
showed up in the To: field.

The more importand point is that recipients will not be able to see
other recipient's names or email addresses.

Cheers,

John

 

[Brian Tillman]

To chip in, I just sent an email with OL2003 to two bcc recipients
and they both arrived with the recipient address in the TO field.

I, on the other hand, just tried it and one client reading the mail
displayed the receiving address in the To field while the other displayed
"undisclosed-recipients;" in the To field. However, on neither system was a
To header actually included. So, it's apparent that the RECEIVING client is
the one producing the contents of the To field based on its own internal
code, not by Outlook on the sending side.

 

[Guest]

Hello, I am hoping someone can offer me some insight here on a similar topic.
I have used MS Outlook for years and have always been able to utilize BCC
when sending email to a group. Recently, I upgraded to WinXP Pro with
Office/Outlook 2003. Ever since this change, I can no longer use BCC in
Outlook - it is there but it is 'grayed out' -- I am at a loss trying to
figure out why I cannot use it. Any thoughts? Thank you so much!! Brenda
in Arizona

 

[Guest]

Using Outlook 2003 I've found that if I receive an email from someone and I
am a BCC recipient... I can simply choose Reply to All and see ALL of the
recipients not just the obvious To and CC users.

Kathy

Clarify your post.
If you put addresses only in the BCC field, no recipients will see them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

To chip in, I just sent an email with OL2003 to two bcc recipients and
they both arrived with the recipient address in the TO field.

--
John Blessing

http://www.LbeHelpdesk.com - Help Desk software priced to suit all
businesses
http://www.room-booking-software.com - Schedule rooms & equipment bookings
for your meeting/class over the web.
http://www.lbetoolbox.com - Remove Duplicates from MS Outlook

Perhaps, but you did not mention from which application you sent the
message. It was not Outlook. Outlook will not do this. Outlook Express
might. I've never used it. It has nothing in common with Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ,

Well, it worked for me when I sent a test message to an Outlook 2003
and Outlook Express 6.0 client. In both cases, the recipient's name
showed up in the To: field.

The more importand point is that recipients will not be able to see
other recipient's names or email addresses.

Cheers,

John

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Simply not possible.
Look again.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Using Outlook 2003 I've found that if I receive an email from someone and
I
am a BCC recipient... I can simply choose Reply to All and see ALL of the
recipients not just the obvious To and CC users.

Kathy

Clarify your post.
If you put addresses only in the BCC field, no recipients will see them.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

To chip in, I just sent an email with OL2003 to two bcc recipients and
they both arrived with the recipient address in the TO field.

--
John Blessing

http://www.LbeHelpdesk.com - Help Desk software priced to suit all
businesses
http://www.room-booking-software.com - Schedule rooms & equipment
bookings
for your meeting/class over the web.
http://www.lbetoolbox.com - Remove Duplicates from MS Outlook

Perhaps, but you did not mention from which application you sent the
message. It was not Outlook. Outlook will not do this. Outlook Express
might. I've never used it. It has nothing in common with Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ,

Well, it worked for me when I sent a test message to an Outlook 2003
and Outlook Express 6.0 client. In both cases, the recipient's name
showed up in the To: field.

The more importand point is that recipients will not be able to see
other recipient's names or email addresses.

Cheers,

John

 

[Peter D]

Using Outlook 2003 I've found that if I receive an email from someone and I
am a BCC recipient... I can simply choose Reply to All and see ALL of the
recipients not just the obvious To and CC users.

Not true!