Can't send message with only bcc recipients?

[Pilgrim_USA]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

In the days of Outlook I was able to send an email to a group of people without spreading their email addresses to each other by entering their addresses as Bcc:, with no To: or Cc: recipients.

I notice that in E2008 you have to specify a To: recipient, not even a Cc will work alone.

I know I can put myself as the To: but just wonder if I am missing a trick here? Or perhaps someone knows the rationale?

 

[Michael McConnell [MSFT]]

I don't know the rationale, but I've always sent mail to a group in Outlook
just like you're doing it. Put myself in the To field and then everyone else
in the Bcc field.

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Michael McConnell [MSFT]

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[Diane Ross]

In the days of Outlook I was able to send an email to a group of people
without spreading their email addresses to each other by entering their
addresses as Bcc:, with no To: or Cc: recipients.

I notice that in E2008 you have to specify a To: recipient, not even a Cc will
work alone.

I know I can put myself as the To: but just wonder if I am missing a trick
here? Or perhaps someone knows the rationale?

This is most likely to comply with what ISPs now require to stop spam.