[pmmail-list] how to BCC without To:

rooster pmmail-list@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:50:51 +0100


On=20Sat,=2012=20Feb=202005=2020:11:03=20+0100=20(MEZ),=20L.Willms=20wrote=
:

>On=20Fri,=2011=20Feb=202005=2014:05:51=20+0100,=20rooster=20wrote:

>>=20So=20I=20would=20like=20to=20know,=20if=20somebody=20knows=20the=20tr=
ick.

>=20=20I'm=20not=20100%=20sure=20what=20your=20question=20is,=20but=20I=20=
guess=20you=20want=20to=20send=20
>a=20large=20mailing=20to=20a=20number=20of=20addresses,=20where=20the=20r=
ecipients=20should=20
>not=20be=20bothered=20with=20the=20addresses=20of=20all=20other=20recipie=
nts.=20
Yes.

>=20=20The=20solution=20would=20be=20to=20give=20this=20a=20dummy=20TO:=20=
address,=20which=20is=20
>either=20the=20address=20of=20the=20mailing=20list=20itself,=20and=20whic=
h=20ends=20in=20your=20
>own=20mailbox,=20or=20something=20with=20"undisclosed=20recipients".=20
+=20maynard's=20answer:
>As=20a=20kludge,=20you=20could=20try=20mailing=20To:=20<nobody@example.co=
m>=20which
>should=20be=20as=20good=20as=20/dev/nul
My=20fault=20was,=20to=20mention,=20that=20I=20don't=20want=20the=20whole=20=
stuff=20back.
I=20normally=20sent=20the=20email=20to=20myself=20and=20to=20all=20bcc's.
But=20'on=20the=20road'=20I=20use=20a=20DialUp=20connection=20via=20a=20UM=
TS/GPRS=20mobile=20card(say=20a=20mobile=20
phone).
And=20the=20contract=20with=20the=20provider=20is=20volumebased.
So=20I=20try=20to=20lower=20the=20traffic=20as=20much=20as=20possible.
And=20as=20consequence=20I=20try=20to=20eliminate=20the=20traffic,=20self=20=
caused=20by=20sending=20the=20email=20to=20me,=20
so=20protecting=20the=20bcc's.

Finally,=20i=20sum=20it=20up=20to=20the=20question,=20how=20to=20do=20send=
=20=20to=20"undisclosed=20recipients",=20without=20
getting=20the=20whole=20stuff=20back=20from=20the=20server,=20cause=20it=20=
bounces=20the=20unkown=20'To:'.

>Yours,=20
>L=FCko=20Willms

TIA=20and

baba

gerhard