On 10/08/09 07:38, Bill Spikowski wrote: > Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >> Bill Spikowski wrote: >>> Martin Freitag wrote: >>>> Bill Spikowski schrieb: >>>>> I use a couple of "personal address books" to circulate documents to >>>>> key >>>>> colleagues. >>>>> This feature is very convenient for me, but after sending these >>>>> messages, all of the email addresses then appear in the "to" line, >>>>> which >>>>> upsets many recipients. >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way that the NAMES of the recipients would appear, but not >>>>> their email addresses? I used to insert my personal address book into >>>>> the "bcc" line, but then my colleagues often ended up forwarding these >>>>> messages to others who are already on this list because they have no >>>>> way >>>>> of knowing they had already gotten the original message. >>>> >>>> Nope, either you BCC or you don't. >>>> By names only, no other email-program would know what the hell that >>>> should be. >>>> Maybe think about using a mailing-list for that kind of stuff, whoever >>>> wants can subscribe then, noone needs to forwards anything ;-) >>>> regards >>>> >>>> Martin >>> >>> >>> Thanks -- I may go that route. >> >> A good choice. >> >> Here's a clumsy workaround, if you do this rarely enough: >> >> When you're ready to send a broadcast, specify that it should be sent >> later. Go into Unsent Messages, CTRL-U to reveal the message's source >> code, and copy the distribution list from the message header. >> >> In a text editor or word processor, strip out all the email addresses >> (e.g., replace all strings of the form " <*>" with null). Copy/paste the >> resulting sanitized list. >> >> Return to the unsent message, Edit as New, and paste the sanitized >> distribution list into the body of the message with a suitable note to >> the recipients. Send the message, and delete the earlier draft. >> >> >> A slightly less clumsy workaround would be to save a message to the list >> as a template (with the distribution list in the body as described >> above). This would be OK if the list is rarely updated, even if you send >> lots of broadcasts. >> >> >> If the distribution list is frequently updated, mailing list software >> such as Mailman is the way to go. >> >> >> Why a handful of key colleagues would be upset at other members of the >> team seeing their email addresses is beyond my comprehension. > > These colleagues know each others' e-mail addresses already -- but these > messages often get circulated to others, and then to others....
Do you mean that one of the colleagues receives a message that was addressed to a large, internal group, then replies to the message including all the original recipients, but also includes new recipients which are outside of the internal group? Why would anyone do such a thing? _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
