'Display as' field to show only name, not email address

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When emailing school parents I do NOT want their email addresses to show (so
no one can see each other's email addresses), yet I don't want to use Bcc (I
want the parents to see who I sent the email to, for example 'all school' or
'2nd graders'). Can I accomplish this using the 'display as' field?
Sometimes it works, but if I change a current contact not to display their
email address when testing it doesn't always work (maybe I have to re-start
Outlook to have changes take effect)?

I will also be using distribution lists to email the parents (i.e. 2nd
graders, 5th graders, etc), so maybe somewhere in there there's a way to
accomplish this?
 
tjsmags said:
When emailing school parents I do NOT want their email addresses to
show (so no one can see each other's email addresses), yet I don't
want to use Bcc (I want the parents to see who I sent the email to,
for example 'all school' or '2nd graders'). Can I accomplish this
using the 'display as' field?
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No. No matter what you choose for the Display As, the mail address will be
a part of the recipient field and any recipient will be able to find the
address as long as it's not a Bcc.
I will also be using distribution lists to email the parents (i.e. 2nd
graders, 5th graders, etc), so maybe somewhere in there there's a way
to accomplish this?
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Nope. Outlook (and any mail client that has DLs) will expand the DL when
the send occurs.
 
How come there are times that I have emailed people and their name (in the TO
header) shows only, without their email address showing? When I look in
their contact file the DISPLAY AS field shows just their name...that's why I
thought that was what the field was for...???
 
tjsmags said:
How come there are times that I have emailed people and their name
(in the TO header) shows only, without their email address showing?
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It's there nonetheless and the recipient can display it if he or she wishes.
When I look in their contact file the DISPLAY AS field shows just
their name...that's why I thought that was what the field was
for...???
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It is, but because that's all you see in the message display doesn't mean
that's all the field contains. If the name is underlined in the recipient
field, double-click it once.
 
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