Subject: posting single message to number of people, but hiding details.

From: Nisha Chopada <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 12:36:41 -0500

Hi,
does anybody know how to send a single email to many people, BUT the 
recipient do not see anybody's name who is reciving that email.
         
in other words, I want to send email to x, y,z. but x should not see y 
and z's names in the email header.
I would really appreciate your help.
thanks
nisha

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From: Lea <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 11:30:40 -0700 (MST)

> and z's names in the email header.

With the cursor in the header of the outgoing message,
hit ^R for Rich Header Options. Leave the To: field
blank and put all the addresses in the Bcc: field,
separating them with a comma. Each recipient will see
that the message was sent from you to 'Undisclosed
Recipients'.

Lea

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:57:34 +0100 (CET)

Yo!

  >recipient do not see anybody's name who is reciving that email.

Sure... Check the "spam-faq", which is available from a server near you.

  >and z's names in the email header.

There is an option bcc: which will let you do exactly that.

Cheers,
Robin

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From: Ian Russell Ollmann <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 19:07:46 -0800

> I would really appreciate your help.

Use the Lcc header (hit ctrl-R for Rich Header to see it).

You can make up a list of recipients in the Addressbook and enter the name
for it in the Lcc line. The list name will go to the to field and the
message will go the recipients, but they wont see the other names on the
list. If you don't want to make up a list alias in the addressbook (say,
for example, it is a one-time mailing) then send a copy to yourself in the
To line and put everyone else's name in the Bcc: line (only visible in
Rich Header).

				Ian Ollmann

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:27:40 -0500

> that the message was sent from you to 'Undisclosed

    I believe this needs a slight correction.  If you use Bcc:, then 
DO NOT leave To: blank.  If nothing else, put your own address in there,
and then discard the copy you receive.  Depending on the mail transfar
agent, some people who have used Bcc: while leaving To: blank have had
the unfortunate experience that the transfer agent creates an
Apparently-to: header for every address listed in Bcc:!  This does not
happen every time, necessarily, but unless you are certain that it does
not happen on your system, be sure to put SOMETHING in To: when using
Bcc:.  The latest versions of Pine have an Lcc: option which gets
around this problem.

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