[Gmail-Users] Re: Happy New Year!

Dinesh Pandian <dineshpandian@gmail.com>

> *I normally put my own email address in the to: line*
> *and all the others in the bcc. never had any problems with that.*
>
>
> >
> > On 1/1/06, Zack (Doc) <doc029@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > The point of BCC is that "nobody knows" that the message was BCCed.
> > > Each BCCed recipient's mail server will only see the From:, To:, and
> > > CC: fields e-mail addresses. Those SPAM blocking tools you're talking
> > > about look for empty To and CC fields. If you use at least one real
> > > address in the To or CC field, they normally let it through. The only
> > > other way they know it was massively BCCed is if they are receiving
> > > many copies for their subscribers, but they all appear as individual
> > > e-mails, so they'd have to put it together. Some do as a means of
> > > detecting SPAM sent with a real-looking, but faked To address, but
> > > they usually only make the connection when it is a very high number of
> > > receivers (ie all@hotmail.com).
> > >
[...]

If they have any knowledge of reading email headers they will know
instantly. In addition, may programs such as MailWasher will detect that
the recipient was sent to via the 'BCC:' line whether or not an actual
name was used in the 'TO:' field.

There are so many far more eloquent ways to handle this situation that I
can only deduce that the users of 'BCC:' are either to lazy,
inconsiderate or uneducated to use a more personalized method of
transmission.

One last thing. If your message gets blocked by a filter that is 'BCC:'
aware, don't cry. You were warned!

--
Gerard Seibert
gerard.seibert@gmail.com