Sending and receiving mail servers know about BCC's. Keep in mind that a BCC and a non-BCC'ed message are *IDENTICAL* to mail servers. The ONLY difference is the data stored within the internal (i.e. body) addressing.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 9:26 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: How can someone send me mail if I'm not in the > 'To:' or 'Bcc: > > > Shawn Connelly <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Despite all this, yes you can track BCC's! However, I'm > not aware of > > any > > specific software that will make this easy. Perhaps this > can be done > > using > > a mail relay server or a packet sniffer on your network? > > I was under the impression that only the sending mail server > actually knows > the BCC information. It uses that address pool to contact > the various MXs > for the receiving domains, and only does a RCPT TO for the > addresses headed > to that mail server. The BCC header is not transmitted to > the receiving > mail server at SMTP time. > > Am I wrong in thinking this? > > Steven > --- > Steven Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Network Administrator > The Key School, Annapolis Maryland > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
