On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 07:52:41PM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:46:33AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > PS: there's no such thing as a BCC header in incoming mail. it is > > stripped either by the user-agent when sending a message or, at the > > latest, by the MTA when it receives the message. it can't be used to > > sort mail because it doesn't exist. > > That's wrong according the the specs[1], although I've never seen an SMTP > MUA/MTA that did actually show the Bcc receipients to each other.
possibly true in theory....but not in practice. > [1] rfc822 > 4.5.3. BCC / RESENT-BCC > Some systems may choose to include the text of the > "Bcc" field only in the author(s)'s copy, that would be up to the MUA if/when it saves a copy of the sent message. > while others may also include it in the text sent to all those > indicated in the "Bcc" list. and that's so obviously broken that i doubt if anyone has ever implemented it - even for an MS mail program. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
