Subject: sending mail to nowhere

From: [email-masked] (Zachary H Leber)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 10:21:43 GMT

Is there a way to send mail to a dummy address that doesn't go anywhere
but doesn't get returned?  The reason for this is to put a dummy
name such as To: distribution <nobody@nowhere>, and put the real recipients
in Bcc for big lists.  Addressing it to myself is the current scheme,
but then sometimes people think the mail is not for them.

Please email to [email-masked].  Thanks.
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From: Andrej Borsenkow <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 15:22:12 +0300 (EET)

> but then sometimes people think the mail is not for them.

Just put 'distribution:;' in To: field and recipients in Bcc:, e.g.

To: dummy-recipients:;
Bcc: [email-masked]

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Andrej Borsenkow        E-Mail: [email-masked]
SNI ITS, Moscow         Phone:  +7 (095) 252 13 88
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From: Zachary H Leber <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 12:09:33 -0500 (EST)

That seems to work great.  Thank you very much.  Do I have to use
distribution:; or just anything ending in :;?

Zach

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