Mikel wrote:

> Personally, I've never understand the amount of hysteria that seems to
> surround this topic.  But then I hardly ever use Bcc and I'm known for my
> bad attitude.

I usually use Bcc: when the list of recipients is over about ten people.
I'll send the message to myself with "To: c/o chris," a special address book
entry I have set up for this purpose, and put the rest of the recipients in
the Bcc: field. I can then filter the message to myself out and not have to
look at it (ie move all "c/o chris" messages to the trash and mark as read).

If for no other reason it's nice to keep the internet headers small on
messages I'm sending. For example: I'm currently receiving a "travelogue"
e-mail about once a week, from a fellow who is roaming around the world. At
each major stop, he writes up a little "Report from the Road" and mails it
off - to about 75 people. Those folks names and e-mail addresses are
displayed in the body of every "Report" I read. It takes up about half the
message. So if for no other reason, to reduce clutter.

Of coure, one big drawback of Bcc: is that "Reply All" will ignore the
addresses in the Bcc: field. For this reason I usually try not to Bcc:
everyone when sending an item I think will generate discussion.


Additionally: am I crazy or is it harder for spammers to strip addresses
from e-mails when the majority of them are Bcc:'d ? For some reason I
thought it was.

CMS


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