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----- Original Message -----
From: Livingwater
To: Undisclosed
List
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 2:20 PM
Subject: Privacy With reference to the use of Bcc (Blind Carbon Copy) in e-mail.
I receive many e-mails each day and a lot of them are broadcast with huge
lists of e-mail addresses in the body of the e-mail. This, I feel, is an issue
concerning privacy. I really do not want my e-mail address sent all over the
world and I don't think others would either without their permission. It also
entails scrolling through sometimes a hundred e-mail addresses to get to the
message.
It is much easier to create a dummy e-mail address, such as [EMAIL PROTECTED] , and send all your broadcasts to that
address in the To: window and then put all your e-mail addresses that you wish
to receive your message in the Bcc: window.
This allows you to send out a message to a number of people without
everyone getting the list of addresses.
You can also send via the Cc: (Carbon copy), with the dummy address in the
To: window, but everyone who receives your message knows who else got it.
Whenever you send a message via Bcc: with your dummy address in the
To: window, the dummy address will bounce back as undeliverable whilst the Cc:
& Bcc: addresses are delivered.
To create the Bcc: window if it is not visible, just go to a new message,
click on To: and when the address window opens click on your chosen address and
click on Bcc: and this will put your address/es in the Bcc: window and
create it when you go back to the new e-mail.
Cheers,
Len Clampett
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