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How do I get outgoing mail to display "Undisclosed-Recipients:;" in the TO field?

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Summary: Undisclosed-Recipients is placed in the To: field by some mail programs or ISPs if the From: field is empty but Bcc: isn't. It's not easy to force.

When using bcc to send out emails from Outlook Express 6.0, the recipient should see "Undisclosed-Recipient;" in the TO field. However the recipients in my bcc list that I sent out see my own (the sender) email instead. Eventually it is showing as \"FROM: myemail@domain.com, TO: myemail@domain.com". How do I get it to display "Undisclosed-Recipients:;" in the TO field?

Unfortunately I'm seeing different results. When I use Outlook (not Outlook Express), I see the behavior that you describe. On the other hand, if I use Outlook Express I see the behavior you're looking for: "Undisclosed Recipients".

As a result, I'm not sure exactly what to tell you. I hate to say "It works on my machine.", but it does. Anything else about your setup that might be unique?

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No. You're really looking for mailing list software such as mailman (typically a Linux server-side solution) or a service, such as Aweber.

Posted by: Leo Notenboom at January 7, 2007 11:49 AM

I want to notify all of the names in my address book of my new e-mail address.How can I do this without having everyone's address be shown to all the addresses?

Posted by: Sherrill Robertson at March 28, 2007 06:40 PM

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Use the BCC line.

Leo
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Posted by: Leo Notenboom at March 29, 2007 07:01 PM

how do I know that recipients read the e-mails sent to them, including the ones with bcc?

Posted by: alba at April 9, 2007 08:28 AM

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You don't. There's no way to tell.

Leo
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Posted by: Leo A. Notenboom at April 9, 2007 08:56 AM

hi leo
i have tried sending as undisclosed msg but it tell me to change email address, but when i send i send it works fine, i want to know that you are telling me to create a distribution group as undisclosed recipeint

Posted by: mahesh at May 3, 2007 09:43 PM

how to hide recipients

Posted by: senthilnathan at July 11, 2007 02:47 AM

i use incredimail, how can i get out going emails to display "undisclosed- recipients" in the To: field, or should i switch back to outlook? help? thanks!

Posted by: shelley at October 19, 2007 08:03 PM

To display Undisclosed-Recipients in the To field just do the following steps:
1) In the To field write your email address with brackets in them eg (user@domain.com)
2) Then send the receipts in the BCC hence you will never see any address of the persons you send the mail to.
Try it out and see for yourself.

Posted by: Melina at November 29, 2007 05:50 AM

how we can hide the sender email ID?

Posted by: Undisclosed-Recipients: at January 16, 2008 01:14 AM

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