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

"Barry Karas" <barrykaras1234@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> 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.

"Barry Karas" <barrykaras1234@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> 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

"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote:

>"Barry Karas" <barrykaras1234@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:KLWdnZkh9Zzjyr3anZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@comcast.com ...
>> 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.

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.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Barry Karas wrote:
> 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.

"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
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> "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote:
>
>>"Barry Karas" <barrykaras1234@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:KLWdnZkh9Zzjyr3anZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@comcast.co m...
>>> 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.
>
> 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
> MS MVP(DTS)
> Slattery_T@bls.gov
> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote:


>> 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.

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)
Slattery_T@bls.gov
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
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> "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote:
>
>
>>> 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.
>
> 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)
> Slattery_T@bls.gov
> 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.

"Richard in AZ" <me@mailinator.com> wrote:

>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.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)
Slattery_T@bls.gov
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt