Subject: Re: distribution list question

From: [email-masked] (Rex Wockner)
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 1995 20:23:59 GMT

Mitchell Allen ([email-masked]) wrote:
: is there any way to send mail to a distribution list without having the 
: entire list print out in the header of the message?  i have a couple of 
: long distribution lists and i would rather just have the alias in the 
: header than pages of names proceeding the message.  i don't know if this 
: is a common question or not, but i did not see any reference to it in the 
: current postings, nor have i found any information through man pages, etc.

: if you have any input, please contact me here, or via e-mail.

: thanks,
: mitch
: [email-masked]

use bcc
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From: [email-masked] (Glenn E. Lanier)
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 17:37:46 GMT

On 24 Feb 1995 02:16:48 GMT, in comp.mail.pine, [email-masked] 
 (parading as Mitchell Allen) managed to electronically scribble:

% is there any way to send mail to a distribution list without having the 
% entire list print out in the header of the message?  i have a couple of 
% long distribution lists and i would rather just have the alias in the 
% header than pages of names proceeding the message.  i don't know if this 
% is a common question or not, but i did not see any reference to it in the 
% current postings, nor have i found any information through man pages, etc.

You could ^R in the header (for rich header) and then on the
Bcc: (Blind Copy) line, put your list alias. This will send mail
to all people on list, but will not show who gets it. 

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