hide names in distribuition lists

[Guest]

When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients can see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

 

[Guest]

Russ, I downloaded the trial of Send Personally, but cannot figure out how to
get it in Outlook. Went to OPTIONS/OTHER/COM ADDINS. Any instructions would
be VERY MUCH appreciated!!

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You'd need to contact the manufacturer of the add-in. I've never used it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, I downloaded the trial of Send Personally, but cannot figure out how
to
get it in Outlook. Went to OPTIONS/OTHER/COM ADDINS. Any instructions
would
be VERY MUCH appreciated!!

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail
header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients
can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Guest]

Russ, I downloaded the trial of Send Personally, but cannot figure out how to
get it in Outlook. Went to OPTIONS/OTHER/COM ADDINS. Any instructions would
be VERY MUCH appreciated!!

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Guest]

I don't want the recepient to see BCC. Is there a way to show only the
distribution list name as in Entourage?

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not sure you understand.
The recipient can't see the BCC field. That's why it exists: to hide
recipient names.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I don't want the recepient to see BCC. Is there a way to show only the
distribution list name as in Entourage?

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail
header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients
can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Guest]

Doesn't the recipient see that they are receiving a BCC?

Not sure you understand.
The recipient can't see the BCC field. That's why it exists: to hide
recipient names.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I don't want the recepient to see BCC. Is there a way to show only the
distribution list name as in Entourage?

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail
header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients
can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not a chance.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Doesn't the recipient see that they are receiving a BCC?

Not sure you understand.
The recipient can't see the BCC field. That's why it exists: to hide
recipient names.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I don't want the recepient to see BCC. Is there a way to show only the
distribution list name as in Entourage?

:

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail
header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the
View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients
can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Guest]

That isn't true, because when you send someone an e-mail using BCC, their
name is not in the TO. It doesn't show up anywhere, hence they will know
they are receiving the e-mail via BCC.

Not a chance.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Doesn't the recipient see that they are receiving a BCC?

Not sure you understand.
The recipient can't see the BCC field. That's why it exists: to hide
recipient names.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't want the recepient to see BCC. Is there a way to show only the
distribution list name as in Entourage?

:

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail
header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the
View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients
can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The fact that your name is not in the To field doesn't mean you're receiving a message where someone explictly sent to you as a Bcc. The message could have been sent to a mailing list. Most people don't consider mailing list mail and Bcc mail to be the same thing.

Also a few mail clients will put your name in the To box when you get a Bcc, if the To field has no existing entry.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

That isn't true, because when you send someone an e-mail using BCC, their
name is not in the TO. It doesn't show up anywhere, hence they will know
they are receiving the e-mail via BCC.

Not a chance.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Doesn't the recipient see that they are receiving a BCC?

:

Not sure you understand.
The recipient can't see the BCC field. That's why it exists: to hide
recipient names.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't want the recepient to see BCC. Is there a way to show only the
distribution list name as in Entourage?

:

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail
header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the
View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients
can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Guest]

Sue,

Then why else wouldn't your name be on the e-mail if it wasn't sent using
BCC. What is a Mail List in Outlook? Are you talking Distribution List?
How would you prove that the e-mail was intended for you, if your name isn't
on the e-mail at all?

If I send an e-mail using TO with a distribution list, everyone's name shows
up on the e-mail, but if I were to send it using BCC, there wouldn't be any
names on the e-mail.

I guess our mail client doesn't do that.

Thanks!

The fact that your name is not in the To field doesn't mean you're receiving a message where someone explictly sent to you as a Bcc. The message could have been sent to a mailing list. Most people don't consider mailing list mail and Bcc mail to be the same thing.

Also a few mail clients will put your name in the To box when you get a Bcc, if the To field has no existing entry.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

That isn't true, because when you send someone an e-mail using BCC, their
name is not in the TO. It doesn't show up anywhere, hence they will know
they are receiving the e-mail via BCC.

Not a chance.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Doesn't the recipient see that they are receiving a BCC?

:

Not sure you understand.
The recipient can't see the BCC field. That's why it exists: to hide
recipient names.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't want the recepient to see BCC. Is there a way to show only the
distribution list name as in Entourage?

:

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail
header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the
View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients
can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

If you're a member of one of the many yahoogroups and googlegroups lists (and lists hosted at other sites) that I am a member of and I send a message to that list, you will receive a message that does not have your name on it. Instead, the To box will show the list's address. That is how a mailing list works.

A distribution list in Outlook is a convenient way of sending to multiple people by specifying a single name. It does not function like a mailing list. However, some people fake it by sending to the DL as Bcc and putting in the To box a fake To address that makes it look like a mailing list.

As I said, if you send with only Bcc recipients, you can't control how the message looks to the recipient. In the absence of a To recipient, some mail programs will scan the message's RFC-822 header for the Apparently-To address, which will be the recipient's address, and show that in the To field.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Sue,

Then why else wouldn't your name be on the e-mail if it wasn't sent using
BCC. What is a Mail List in Outlook? Are you talking Distribution List?
How would you prove that the e-mail was intended for you, if your name isn't
on the e-mail at all?

If I send an e-mail using TO with a distribution list, everyone's name shows
up on the e-mail, but if I were to send it using BCC, there wouldn't be any
names on the e-mail.

I guess our mail client doesn't do that.

Thanks!

The fact that your name is not in the To field doesn't mean you're receiving a message where someone explictly sent to you as a Bcc. The message could have been sent to a mailing list. Most people don't consider mailing list mail and Bcc mail to be the same thing.

Also a few mail clients will put your name in the To box when you get a Bcc, if the To field has no existing entry.

That isn't true, because when you send someone an e-mail using BCC, their
name is not in the TO. It doesn't show up anywhere, hence they will know
they are receiving the e-mail via BCC.

:

Not a chance.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Doesn't the recipient see that they are receiving a BCC?

:

Not sure you understand.
The recipient can't see the BCC field. That's why it exists: to hide
recipient names.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't want the recepient to see BCC. Is there a way to show only the
distribution list name as in Entourage?

:

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail
header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the
View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients
can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Guest]

Thanks!!

If you're a member of one of the many yahoogroups and googlegroups lists (and lists hosted at other sites) that I am a member of and I send a message to that list, you will receive a message that does not have your name on it. Instead, the To box will show the list's address. That is how a mailing list works.

A distribution list in Outlook is a convenient way of sending to multiple people by specifying a single name. It does not function like a mailing list. However, some people fake it by sending to the DL as Bcc and putting in the To box a fake To address that makes it look like a mailing list.

As I said, if you send with only Bcc recipients, you can't control how the message looks to the recipient. In the absence of a To recipient, some mail programs will scan the message's RFC-822 header for the Apparently-To address, which will be the recipient's address, and show that in the To field.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Sue,

Then why else wouldn't your name be on the e-mail if it wasn't sent using
BCC. What is a Mail List in Outlook? Are you talking Distribution List?
How would you prove that the e-mail was intended for you, if your name isn't
on the e-mail at all?

If I send an e-mail using TO with a distribution list, everyone's name shows
up on the e-mail, but if I were to send it using BCC, there wouldn't be any
names on the e-mail.

I guess our mail client doesn't do that.

Thanks!

The fact that your name is not in the To field doesn't mean you're receiving a message where someone explictly sent to you as a Bcc. The message could have been sent to a mailing list. Most people don't consider mailing list mail and Bcc mail to be the same thing.

Also a few mail clients will put your name in the To box when you get a Bcc, if the To field has no existing entry.

That isn't true, because when you send someone an e-mail using BCC, their
name is not in the TO. It doesn't show up anywhere, hence they will know
they are receiving the e-mail via BCC.

:

Not a chance.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Doesn't the recipient see that they are receiving a BCC?

:

Not sure you understand.
The recipient can't see the BCC field. That's why it exists: to hide
recipient names.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't want the recepient to see BCC. Is there a way to show only the
distribution list name as in Entourage?

:

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail
header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the
View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients
can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Guest]

How come when the Office Manager at my office sends us an email, the name of
the Distribution List (say "Marketing", for example) comes out in the To:
box. I've also done it before, but now I have a mass mail to send and I can't
to do it right, it keeps showing all the addresses instead of the title of
the DL. Thank you. Lucy P.

If you're a member of one of the many yahoogroups and googlegroups lists (and lists hosted at other sites) that I am a member of and I send a message to that list, you will receive a message that does not have your name on it. Instead, the To box will show the list's address. That is how a mailing list works.

A distribution list in Outlook is a convenient way of sending to multiple people by specifying a single name. It does not function like a mailing list. However, some people fake it by sending to the DL as Bcc and putting in the To box a fake To address that makes it look like a mailing list.

As I said, if you send with only Bcc recipients, you can't control how the message looks to the recipient. In the absence of a To recipient, some mail programs will scan the message's RFC-822 header for the Apparently-To address, which will be the recipient's address, and show that in the To field.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Sue,

Then why else wouldn't your name be on the e-mail if it wasn't sent using
BCC. What is a Mail List in Outlook? Are you talking Distribution List?
How would you prove that the e-mail was intended for you, if your name isn't
on the e-mail at all?

If I send an e-mail using TO with a distribution list, everyone's name shows
up on the e-mail, but if I were to send it using BCC, there wouldn't be any
names on the e-mail.

I guess our mail client doesn't do that.

Thanks!

The fact that your name is not in the To field doesn't mean you're receiving a message where someone explictly sent to you as a Bcc. The message could have been sent to a mailing list. Most people don't consider mailing list mail and Bcc mail to be the same thing.

Also a few mail clients will put your name in the To box when you get a Bcc, if the To field has no existing entry.

That isn't true, because when you send someone an e-mail using BCC, their
name is not in the TO. It doesn't show up anywhere, hence they will know
they are receiving the e-mail via BCC.

:

Not a chance.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Doesn't the recipient see that they are receiving a BCC?

:

Not sure you understand.
The recipient can't see the BCC field. That's why it exists: to hide
recipient names.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't want the recepient to see BCC. Is there a way to show only the
distribution list name as in Entourage?

:

Put the addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field of the mail
header.
If that field doesn't show while you're composing a E-mail go to the
View
menu and select 'BCC Field'.

Alternately you could use an application like the ones listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/mail.htm#massmail

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I send emails (Outlook) from a distribution list the recipients
can
see
everyone else's name I've sent it to. I'd like to prevent that from
happening. Is this possible?

 

[Brian Tillman]

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How come when the Office Manager at my office sends us an email, the
name of the Distribution List (say "Marketing", for example) comes
out in the To: box. I've also done it before, but now I have a mass
mail to send and I can't to do it right, it keeps showing all the
addresses instead of the title of the DL. Thank you. Lucy P.

Put the DL in the Bcc field and receipients will not be able to see the
other recipients.