BCC blocking?

[TekopSepreda]

I want to know if it is possible to block all messages that come in
that have a BCC attached to it? Even with an addon, which add on? I
have people that use Outlook XP, and Outlook 2003 that want to be able
to do this. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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[Vince Averello [MVP - Outlook]]

How would you know if there's a BCC since they're 'blind'. Your copy of
Outlook doesn't know if anyone else was BCC'd on a message you receive.

 

[TekopSepreda]

I have heard that if you open a message in Firefox, through webmail,
it will show the BCC???? If this is so, then how does Firefox know
there are BCC's?

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

*where* did you hear this?

:I have heard that if you open a message in Firefox, through webmail,
: it will show the BCC???? If this is so, then how does Firefox know
: there are BCC's?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

At most it will put your name in the BCC field because its not in either the
To or CC fields.

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[TekopSepreda]

The firefox thing is not really a big deal, my main thing is there not
anything out there that lets you block messages that have a BCC
attached to it?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Sure- create a rule that says if your address is not in the to or cc field,
to delete it. Note that this will also apply to bulk mail and most mailing
lists as they are sent BCC.

You have no way to know if anyone else was BCC'd on any message - you can
only tell if you were (by process of elimination - not in To or CC, must be
BCC)

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[TekopSepreda]

It looks like I can create a rule to do something if I am in the To
box or the CC box but it says nothing about the BCC box. Or am i
missing something? I am a Outlook Rule noob so you might have to
spell it out for me.

 

[Vince Averello [MVP - Outlook]]

You could create a rule that will run on all messages (give the rule no
selection criteria and reply Yes when Outlook asks about that), do what ever
action you want and use exceptions for your name being in the To or CC
fields (third step of the wizard)