Subject: Info required

From: "[Atif Anwar Mirza]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 06:04:35 +0500 (GMT+0500)

Hello,
     Please tell me, I'm using Pine 3.93 and created a distribuuution list
in address book. Now when i send an e-mail to distribution list it add all
the addresses to To: field. What i want is to shortened the to field and
send the e-mail to all useeers also. I want to short the to fieeld because
it is a very large list and 3 to 4 pages are wasted with to field.

	TIU
	Reply ASAP.

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 10:47:37 +0000 (GMT)

The best way of using distribution lists is to:

...start composing your message
...put your cursor on a header line and then type ^R to see the Rich
   Headers
...put the distribution list's nickname onto the "Lcc:" field
...enter a Subject and the Message Text before sending the message.

Note that you don't need to put anything into the "To:" field; filling in
the "Lcc:: field will put the descriptive name of the distribution list in
there automatically in a special way.

However I can't recall whether the "Lcc:" field was rpesent in the (old)
version 3.93 of Pine.  (The current version is 3.95; you may like to
upgrade as it has many new features and some bug-fixes.)

If "Lcc:" isn't present in your version of Pine put the distribution list
nickname into the "Cc:" field instead.  However in this case you will need
to put in a value for the "To:" field by hand.  Set this to a short
description followed by ":;" (eg, "List of recipients:;")

Cheers,

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Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 11:41:16 -0500

> it is a very large list and 3 to 4 pages are wasted with to field.

    I do not remember in which version the Lcc: field came in, so I do
not recall whether you have it in version 3.93.  One thing you can do
is put the name of your distribution list in the Bcc: field.  (Press ^R
if necessary to get Rich Headers.)  Then be sure to put _something_ in
the To: field, such as your own email address.  (Throw away the copy
you receive, if you wish.)  This way, each recipient will only see his
own name on the copy he receives and not the entire long list.

    Check to see if the Lcc: header field is available in your version
of Pine.  If so, please read the online help material about it.  It is
easier to use than the technique I mentioned above.

Paul                             <[email-masked]>
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