Subject: recipient list for e-mail messages

From: Mark J Ostrowski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 13:16:42 -0500

When I send messages using Pine to large groups of people, the address 
of every person is listed at the top of the message.  In addition to the 
problem of giving out people's e-mail address unwittingly, there is also 
the problem that when people see 700 lines of e-mail addresses, they 
tend to stop looking for the message at the end.  Is there a way in Pine 
to have each recipient of a message only see their own address and that 
of the sender.  I would appreciate any help.  Also, since this is my 
first time using this system, if someone could please e-mail me at 
[email-masked] and explain to me how to access answers to my 
questions that would also help.  

Thanks,
Mark Ostrowski

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From: Beth Peterson <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 12:14:36 -0500

On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Mark J Ostrowski wrote:

|When I send messages using Pine to large groups of people, the address 
|of every person is listed at the top of the message.  In addition to the 
|problem of giving out people's e-mail address unwittingly, there is also 
|the problem that when people see 700 lines of e-mail addresses, they 
|tend to stop looking for the message at the end.  Is there a way in Pine 
|to have each recipient of a message only see their own address and that 
|of the sender.

What you do is put the list in the Bcc, Cc, or Lcc field then in the To
field put in a ":;" (a colon followed by a semi-colon) and that will do the
trick for you.  Although this will not allow each recipient to see their
address only What they will see in the To: field is To: Undisclosed
Recipients:; .  If you want to change that you can do one of two things.  in
the To: field type something in that is not an address like dept_list, :; or
in the configuration screen (type M (main menu), S (setup), C (config),
W(whereis), empty-header-message) select the empty-header-message feature and
add in what ever you want and this will replace the default.  For example I
have mine set to "A list of my favorite people", so every time I send out a
list everyone sees To: A list of my favorite people:;
		   From: Beth Peterson <bethp@fnal>
		   Subject: whatever

  I would appreciate any help.  Also, since this is my 
|first time using this system, if someone could please e-mail me at 
[email-masked] and explain to me how to access answers to my 
|questions that would also help.  

I am not sure where your account is at (either home, work, or school) so I
will give you two answers.  1.)  If you have a nntp-server where you are at in
the configuration screen add the server in the nntp-server area.  Then in the
Folder List screen tab/arrow down to the News-collection area and type A
(subscribe) and enter in the name of this newsgroup (comp.mail.pine).   2.)
It is available on the Web at news: comp.mail.pine

|Thanks,
|Mark Ostrowski

Hope this helps!

Beth Peterson
bethp@fnal
Physics Department