Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??

Subject: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: GUEST,inept emailer
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:03 PM

I am attempting to send an emailed party announcement to about 20 different people, using outlook express, and I want their various addresses not to show (since some want to keep their email address private)...but to just all appear as "undisclosed-recipients". Can't seem to do it for some reason.

What is the proper procedure in Outlook Express to do that?

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: Sorcha
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:08 PM

Click new message, then in that window, click View.....make sure the tab that says "All Headers" is ticked. That will show BCC on your new messages.

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: GUEST,inept emailer
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:14 PM

Okay, I see it. What does "BCC" stand for?

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: GUEST,ritchie
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:20 PM

just think of it as 'blind carbon copy' cos thats what it is. no body will see other addresses.

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: GUEST,inept emailer
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:24 PM

Okay...so let's say I am sending the message to 20 different people. Do I put one of them in the "To" box and the others in the BCC box or do I just put all 20 of them in the "BCC" box?

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: Dave Ruch
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:26 PM

Put all 20 in the "BCC" box, and put yourself in the "To" box.

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: GUEST,inept emailer
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:35 PM

Put myself in the "To" box? Ummmm...okay, but why?

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:36 PM

CC = Carbon Copy
BCC = Blind Carbon Copy

left over from the days when ...

In OE, usually if you pull up your address book and select a name, the option will appear for "where to put it," and with default settings should include Addressee (To), CC (Copy), and BCC (blind copy), but if you've made changes to your setup you may need to set a "show all" in the View menu.

In formal letter writing, it's (was) considered polite to include a CC: list if copies are sent to someone other than the main addressee, so that everyone knows who knows and all the lies can be kept straight. A BCC is someone to whom you send a copy without telling the addressee that "HE/SHE knows." Some people used to insist that you should include, along with the CC: list a "BCC:" notation with no names listed, but that would seem to be more a scare tactic than useful.

Note: Some email accounts (free Hotmail in particular), as a "SPAM preventive," may "freeze your account" if you send the same message to many people. The stated limit for Hotmail free accounts is 10 addressees - or at least was a couple of months ago. It's usually a 24-hour lock, after which you can send the next 10. If you haven't tried a "mass mailing" to confirm that your ISP allows it, it would be well to allow plenty of time to dribble them out, until you've confirmed that they'll let your mailing list will go through on the first try.

John

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:40 PM

inept -

You can put your email addy in the to box since anyone who receives mail from you has your email address (so they can reply). You're not revealing anything that isn't already part of sending email. By using your own address, and hiding everyone else's you don't give the email addresses of everyone on your mailing list to everyone on your mailing list.

You will get a copy in your "Sent Mail" box, and another copy in your Inbox, so remember to clear both of them when you're ready to get rid of the transaction.

John

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: GUEST,inept emailer
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:40 PM

Okay...thanks! Very interesting. I am going to try it and see how it goes.

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 01:51 PM

Try RTFM

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: GUEST,inept emailer
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 02:09 PM

I already did try that. I find people easier to talk to than manuals for some reason. (Most people, that is.) They respond. The manual just sits there like a sphinx with a thousand pages. If I actually had a physical human being here to help me who understood the situation, I could have solved this matter in probably about 10 seconds.

Ever compared a written manual of guitar technique to a live demonstration of same? Why do we have music teachers? Why doesn't everyone just RTFM?

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: GUEST,inept emailer
Date: 26 Dec 05 - 11:22 PM

It works! Thank you all very much...except for Clinton Hammond. I have ordered 50,000 Ronco Jiffy Emasculators on his credit card number, and they will be arriving at his door shortly. He can use the first one on himself, and then see if he can sell the rest to the CIA. I'm sure they have a use for such things in their overseas secret bases. Maybe they even have a use for Clinton... although...probably not.

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: GUEST,ept mailer
Date: 27 Dec 05 - 12:15 AM

What's your problem with Clinton? The fact that he told you a home truth that you didn't like?

Asking elementary, irrelevant questions like this here is an abuse of the "tech" category. This is supposed to be a music forum. See the "help" files of your email client. If you are too lazy to read them, ask for advice on a real technical support forum. They will probably tell you to fuck off and read the manual, of course. It is only in places like this that idiots are encouraged to remain idiots when it comes to technical questions.

Clinton was right; you are wrong. Your petulant reply to him is both immature and inappropriate. You owe him an apology.

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: NH Dave
Date: 27 Dec 05 - 12:57 AM

Clint,

    Ease up there, a bit. We were all new and dumb at one time in our computer life.

    Dave

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: Peace
Date: 27 Dec 05 - 01:02 AM

Manuals often don't make situations clear--witness the necessity for 'help' lines.

Subject: RE: Tech: How do I send 'blind email' in Outlook??
From: Lester
Date: 27 Dec 05 - 02:32 AM

So that's Peace on Earth Good Will To All Men" then???