TO field empty

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Deborah

I have received a couple emails lately where the To: field is blank.
My name or any other are not in it.

How can I do this? It would be very useful to not have the recipient
see the list of names I am emailing to.

OR can I have it that the recipient only sees their name and no one
elses.

Thank you and I am using Outlook 2002/XP
Deborah
 
Put names you want to hide in the Bcc field.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



I have received a couple emails lately where the To: field is blank.
My name or any other are not in it.

How can I do this? It would be very useful to not have the recipient
see the list of names I am emailing to.

OR can I have it that the recipient only sees their name and no one
elses.

Thank you and I am using Outlook 2002/XP
Deborah
 
its really simple, just put ALL names into the bcc field.
thats it, no need to make it complicated.

If you only put the secondary names into the bcc field,
whoever you put into the TO field will show to everyone
you BCC'd. Make sense?
 
I have three messages from a colleague in which this same thing happened.
The To: field is blank and he didn't BCC me or the other individuals he
emailed. It turns out he's had six messages end up this way and he used
only the To: and Cc: fields. When we check his Sent Items, it shows the
same: blank To: field and no Bcc: field (which would show if he had Bcc'ed
me). Any ideas on why this would happen? He and I both use Outlook 2003.
Also, we both logged in via OWA just to make sure it wasn't a problem
specific to our MAPI clients.

Thanks.
Sean Montgomery
(i)Structure
 
I can't imagine any scenario that would produce those symptoms, assuming the
user is correctly describing the way he's addressing the message. The fact
that Sent Items shows it that way makes me think he didn't do quite what he
says he did.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


I have three messages from a colleague in which this same thing happened.
The To: field is blank and he didn't BCC me or the other individuals he
emailed. It turns out he's had six messages end up this way and he used
only the To: and Cc: fields. When we check his Sent Items, it shows the
same: blank To: field and no Bcc: field (which would show if he had Bcc'ed
me). Any ideas on why this would happen? He and I both use Outlook 2003.
Also, we both logged in via OWA just to make sure it wasn't a problem
specific to our MAPI clients.
 
OK, my mistake. I realize about the BCC field.
Another 2 questions along that line:
1. My name I know is part of a group as the group name comes up but not the
contents of the group - so I don't know who else is in the group. How do I
do this? When I sent out to a group I make, the names explode on the
receiving end to show all names of the group.
2. Is there any way to hide that I am the sender? (It is for a surprise
birthday set up)

Thank you
Deborah
 
1) Same technique: Put thedistribution list in the Bcc field.
2) Not with Outlook.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
I watched the user reply to a message from me and reply to message from
another user. I also watched him originate a message to a different user.
After typing in recipients and resolving the names against the GAL and
clicking Send, we check his Sent Items and we don't see anything for the To:
prompt or Cc: prompt and there is no Bcc: field.

I saw it with my own eyes, so the question is why did this happen? He's
using Outlook 2003.

Thanks again.
Sean
 
I guess I am not making myself understood, I will try once more maybe a
little differently.

What appears in the TO: field is a group name e.g. "Friends" and not a list
of the group contents. That is what I would like.
Also, I think along that line is a order from the company Avon and one of
their reps. When she emails to her clients her contact name is in both the
To and From fields...no one else.

Again, thank you for the efforts.
Deborah
 
The Avon rep is putting her name in the To box and the other names (or the
distribution list name) in the Bcc box. That's essentially what Justin
suggested to you

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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