Am I right in believing bcc is impossible in OE?

Is there a way to cc from the address book?

Mason C

"Mason C" <masonc2@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Am I right in believing bcc is impossible in OE?

View, All Headers while composing a new message.

--
sod

"Mason C" <masonc2@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Am I right in believing bcc is impossible in OE?

No you are not right in believing that. OE can do BCC.

Open a new message window. On the View menu click All Headers. Now close the
window and click No when prompted to save. Every new message window you open
will then have the BCC line showing.

> Is there a way to cc from the address book?


Not immediately. You first have to start a new message. If you have already
done what I recommended above, you will see BCC.

--
Tom Koch, MVP for IE/Outlook Express
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com
or http://www.insideoe.com
Awareness is free.

When you start a "new message", click on the address book icon next to the
TO. Your address book will open and you pick the recipients and then click
the CC or the BCC box to move these names into the correct line on your new
mail.
Try reading the HELP topic once in a while.

"Mason C" <masonc2@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Am I right in believing bcc is impossible in OE?
>
> Is there a way to cc from the address book?
>
> Mason C

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:40:37 GMT, Mason C <masonc2@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Am I right in believing bcc is impossible in OE?
>
>Is there a way to cc from the address book?
>
> Mason C

Thanks to all of you for your posts.

Indeed, I now see I should have learned it in Help -- I apologize.

Two excuses:

I have friends who do not bcc and send me their whole
address book -- my suggestion that they bcc has been to
no avail. This is because they use OE which hides bcc .

Finally, I am not an OE user. I hate it. So I minimize my
contract with it.

Mason C

People who send your name, along with several dozen other, are doing you a
great dis-service and publishing your address to the spammers. I reply to
these people with a very "blunt" message and BCC everyone they sent to. The
message is send is:
"You have just done me and everyone on this message a great dis-service.
There is software on the Internet that looks form mail with multiple
addresses in the TO or CC header. Then this software harvests the addresses
and sells them to the porno shops and spammers. Learn to use the BCC (Blind
Carbon Copy) header for this type or mail, or take my name out of your
address book."
By adding everyone she/he send to in the BCC column, the person will also
soon learn that others are just as angry about the mass mailing and maybe
they will learn a little too. Sometimes you have to hit the jackass on the
head with a 2 x 4 to get their attention.

"Mason C" <masonc2@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:40:37 GMT, Mason C <masonc2@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>Am I right in believing bcc is impossible in OE?
>>
>>Is there a way to cc from the address book?
>>
>> Mason C
>
> Thanks to all of you for your posts.
>
> Indeed, I now see I should have learned it in Help -- I apologize.
>
> Two excuses:
>
> I have friends who do not bcc and send me their whole
> address book -- my suggestion that they bcc has been to
> no avail. This is because they use OE which hides bcc .
>
> Finally, I am not an OE user. I hate it. So I minimize my
> contract with it.
>
> Mason C

"Richard in AZ" <me@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> By adding everyone she/he send to in the BCC column, the person will also
> soon learn that others are just as angry about the mass mailing and maybe
> they will learn a little too. Sometimes you have to hit the jackass on
> the head with a 2 x 4 to get their attention.

Most people just don't care.

Secondly, BCC messages are filtered as spam on some systems so you'll likely
never see them. I agree that BCC is the way to go, if and only if the
sender realizes the possibility that some recipients may not see the mail.

Filtering or marking BCC messages as spam is a *very* bad spam-fighting
practice as it is likely to produce many false positives on any mail from
privacy conscious senders.

--
sod

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:40:37 GMT, Mason C <masonc2@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Am I right in believing bcc is impossible in OE?
>
>Is there a way to cc from the address book?
>
> Mason C

Ok, I can BCC a mailing list in OE. But only by xcopying the addresses
from the To: line and pasting them into the BCC: line.

This amount of effort eludes my friends.

Is there any simple way in OE to BCC an address list of friends?

Mason C

In Create Mail, click on the To: at the left of the Address Field. You will
see the list of entries in the Address Book with the option to click on any,
or all and Add them to the To, CC, or BCC line. Simple and easy. More
reading:

Using BCC and Groups:

To use the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) feature, In Create Mail, either click
View>All Headers and type in the addresses separated by a ;

Or: Click the To button. You will see your list of contacts and the choice
of putting them in the To, CC, or BCC field. Click on an address, then click
BCC to add it. Repeat for all the contacts you want. (Note: Most ISP's have
limits as to how many e-mails you can send a one time. 25 is common, but it
varies).

Put your own address in the To box. This is the only address/name that any
recipient will see. If you leave the To field blank, some people may not
receive the e-mail due to message rules they have set up, or restrictions
set by their ISP.


You can also create groups if you send mail to the same people often.

To create a group of contacts:

You can create a single group name (or alias) to use when sending a message
to several contacts at once. Simply create a group name and add individual
contacts to the group. Then, just type the group name in the To box when you
send e-mail.

1.. In the Address Book, select the folder in which you want to create a
group. Click New on the toolbar, and then click New Group.
2.. The Properties dialog box opens. In the Group Name box, type the name
of the group.
3.. There are several ways to add people to the group:
a.. To add a person from your Address Book list, click Select Members,
and then click a name from the Address Book list.
b.. To add a person directly to the group without adding the name to
your Address Book, type the person's name and e-mail address in the lower
half of the Properties dialog box, and then click Add.
c.. To add a person to both the group and your Address Book, click New
Contact and fill in the appropriate information.
d.. To use a directory service, click Select Members, and then click
Find. Select a directory service from the drop-down list at the end of the
text box.
After finding and selecting an address, it is automatically added to
your Address Book.
4.. Repeat for each addition until your group is defined.
Note

a.. To view a list of your groups separately from the Address Book
listings, in the Address Book, on the View menu, make sure that Folders and
Groups is selected.
b.. You can create multiple groups, and contacts can belong to more than
one group.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mason C" <masonc2@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:40:37 GMT, Mason C <masonc2@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>Am I right in believing bcc is impossible in OE?
>>
>>Is there a way to cc from the address book?
>>
>> Mason C
>
> Ok, I can BCC a mailing list in OE. But only by xcopying the addresses
> from the To: line and pasting them into the BCC: line.
>
> This amount of effort eludes my friends.
>
> Is there any simple way in OE to BCC an address list of friends?
>
> Mason C
>

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:20:35 -0800, "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote:

Thanks ever so much for the help, Bruce.

Mason C

>In Create Mail, click on the To: at the left of the Address Field. You will
>see the list of entries in the Address Book with the option to click on any,
>or all and Add them to the To, CC, or BCC line. Simple and easy. More
>reading:
>
>Using BCC and Groups:
>
>To use the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) feature, In Create Mail, either click
>View>All Headers and type in the addresses separated by a ;
>
>Or: Click the To button. You will see your list of contacts and the choice
>of putting them in the To, CC, or BCC field. Click on an address, then click
>BCC to add it. Repeat for all the contacts you want. (Note: Most ISP's have
>limits as to how many e-mails you can send a one time. 25 is common, but it
>varies).
>
>Put your own address in the To box. This is the only address/name that any
>recipient will see. If you leave the To field blank, some people may not
>receive the e-mail due to message rules they have set up, or restrictions
>set by their ISP.
>
>
>You can also create groups if you send mail to the same people often.
>
>To create a group of contacts:
>
>You can create a single group name (or alias) to use when sending a message
>to several contacts at once. Simply create a group name and add individual
>contacts to the group. Then, just type the group name in the To box when you
>send e-mail.
>
> 1.. In the Address Book, select the folder in which you want to create a
>group. Click New on the toolbar, and then click New Group.
> 2.. The Properties dialog box opens. In the Group Name box, type the name
>of the group.
> 3.. There are several ways to add people to the group:
> a.. To add a person from your Address Book list, click Select Members,
>and then click a name from the Address Book list.
> b.. To add a person directly to the group without adding the name to
>your Address Book, type the person's name and e-mail address in the lower
>half of the Properties dialog box, and then click Add.
> c.. To add a person to both the group and your Address Book, click New
>Contact and fill in the appropriate information.
> d.. To use a directory service, click Select Members, and then click
>Find. Select a directory service from the drop-down list at the end of the
>text box.
> After finding and selecting an address, it is automatically added to
>your Address Book.
> 4.. Repeat for each addition until your group is defined.
> Note
>
> a.. To view a list of your groups separately from the Address Book
>listings, in the Address Book, on the View menu, make sure that Folders and
>Groups is selected.
> b.. You can create multiple groups, and contacts can belong to more than
>one group.