Subject: Suppressing addresses in a To: field

From: [email-masked] (Aaron H. Brauer)
Date: 11 Mar 1997 22:18:38 GMT

When addressing a message to an addressbook list, is it possible to
suppress the addresses that appear in the To: field, such that the
recipients only see the addressbook list name and not all of the addresses
that the message is sent to? 

Aaron Brauer
Concordia University
[email-masked]

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 11:11:20 +0000 (GMT)

Assuming you are using Pine 3.95 or later...

1.  Start your message by giving the Compose command, but _don't_ put
    anything in the "To:" field.

2.  Put your cursor on a header line.

3.  Give the Rich Headers (^R) command to see all the available headers.

4.  Give the e-mail address(es) in the "Bcc:" field.  If you are using a
    Distribution List from your Pine address book type its name into the
    "Lcc:" field instead.

5.  Carry on with a Subject line and the message text as usual, then send
    the message.

Note: In earlier versions of Pine (eg, 3.91) the Bcc field existed, but
not the Lcc field.  There was also a problem with some mail delivery
software if the "To:" field was left empty: they would still reveal the
recipients by converting the "Bcc" list to "Apparently-to" header lines
(sigh).  Pine 3.95 onwards fix this by inserting "Undisclosed recipients"
in the "To" field if it is left empty.

Cheers,

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Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 09:58:46 -0500

> that the message is sent to? 

    Yes, it is certainly possible, provided that your version of Pine
is recent enough.  (I do not remember exactly with which version the
feature came it, and you did not post from Pine, so I could not tell
which version you are using.)  The feature you want is the Lcc: header
field.  If you don't see it, press Control-R when the cursor is in the
header area.  Even with current Pine, I do not recall whether you
actually have to add it to your personal configuration, but current
Pine has just what you need in the Lcc: field.  Put the nickname of the
addressbook list name there.

Paul                             <[email-masked]>
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