On 6/11/02 7:59 PM, "Jim Colgate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 5/13/02 9:04 AM, Paul Berkowitz wrote: > >> On 5/13/02 8:22 AM, "Remo Del Bello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On 5/13/02 6:39 AM, Gordon Sell deftly typed out: >>> >>>> Entourage has a handy little box in the New Group/Group window that says >>>> "Don't show addresses when sending to group." >>>> >>>> By checking this box, everyone in that group becomes an individual "to:" >>>> recipient, and they don't see all the other addresses on your list. I think >>>> this is better than bcc:ing people. >>> >>> I'm pretty sure that all that checking that box does is place the recipient >>> addresses in BCC for you. At least, that is what happened when I tested it >>> just now. >>> >> >> Yup. That's what it does. It puts the Group name in the To line on your own >> screen as a sort of placeholder, and makes a BCC header with the names of >> all the group members, and a blank To header in the actual message. I've >> kept this to myself for while, but i must say that I'm mystified that the >> developers have said they're following an RFC protocol that forbids sending >> messages with no To or Cc header (although this RFC has been debated by some >> people), so you can't do this for yourself in the address box, and then they >> turn around and do exactly that in implementing Groups/Hide Addresses. >> >> Any comment, MBU people? > > So a month later or so, I guess the MBU people are so mystified by their own > inconsistency that they do not have any comment. > > I am by no means an e-mail expert, but it would sure be nice to keep the > group name in the To header when the email is sent with the hidden names in > the bcc header. I would guess that an SMTP server might barf over a name in > the To header that was not an e-mail address, but maybe there is some way to > flag it as information only. I know that groups that I send to would like to > have some indication of who it was sent to. So for the time being I am > turning off the hide addresses option. I was only using it to save space in > the displayed and printed messages anyway rather than for anonymity. > > Cheers, > Don't do that , Jim. Do this: let's say your group is called "Colgate Customers". Change the name to something short inscrutable like "C", or my favorite ";". (You'll see why in a moment). Or "Undisclosed recipients". Then make a new CONTACT called "Colgate Customers" and give it the same default email address as your own that you'll be sending from. When you want to write a mass email, include TWO recipients: Colgate Customers ; [the group] It will go to all the members of the group, plus you. ach recipient will see that the email has gone to themselves plus "Colgate Customers", and your sent message will also indicate that it has gone to "Colgate Customers", so you know. If you want to Resend, just add the ";" group again as second recipient. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
