Subject: Condensing recipient list

From: "Tim Convery" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 23:09:04 -0700

Looking for a way to condense or suppress the recipient list on the messages
I receive. I am part of several distribution lists of 50 - 200 individuals.
It would be better if I didn't see all of those names and have to scroll
through several pages to reach my messages. Any suggestions? (pine 3.94 on
unixware 2.1.1)

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From: "Mike Brudenell" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 09:13:43 +0100

> through several pages to reach my messages. Any suggestions? (pine 3.94 on

There is little that you, the recipient, can do to alter this (apart from
editing your mailbox file -- not recommended).

Instead you should contact the people who send out such messages and ask
them to list the recipients' addresses in the "Bcc:" (Blind Carbon Copy)
header field instead of the "To:" or "Cc:" fields.

If they are indeed still using the ancient v3.94 of Pine they should:

a)  Ensure that at least one e-mail address is given in the "To:" field
    (either their own, or a string ending with the magical ":;" characters,
    such as "Undisclosed recipients:;:

b)  Upgrade to the current version of Pine (3.96), which will do the above
for
    you when sending a message with a blank "To:" field.  [v3.95 and v3.96
    have been out *ages*!]

The reason for putting something in the "To:" field is to stop some
braindead mail delivery systems continuing to reveal the recipients listed
in the "Bcc:" field.  Some do this if they detect a missing or empty "To:"
field, by converting the "Bcc:" list into a series of "Apparently-to:"
headers, thereby filling up each recipient's screen with the list again. 
(Sigh!)

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell

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