Does using BCC allow recipients to reply to the other recipients?

[kimberkq]

What I am trying to determine, if we use a distribution list through blind
carbon copy e-mail feature and should a recipient that receives the e-mail
respond back by hitting "reply to all", will the reply e-mail actually go to
all the recipients on the list or only to the sender of the original message?
We want to send e-mails to a distribution list that goes to several hundred
customers which will hide their addresses and will not allow for a potential
mass reply. We use Microsoft Outlook 2003. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks!

 

[John Blessing]

What I am trying to determine, if we use a distribution list through blind
carbon copy e-mail feature and should a recipient that receives the e-mail
respond back by hitting "reply to all", will the reply e-mail actually go
to
all the recipients on the list or only to the sender of the original
message?
We want to send e-mails to a distribution list that goes to several
hundred
customers which will hide their addresses and will not allow for a
potential
mass reply. We use Microsoft Outlook 2003. Any suggestions would be
helpful.
Thanks!

carbon copy e-mail feature and should a recipient that receives the e-mail
respond back by hitting "reply to all", will the reply e-mail actually go
to
all the recipients on the list or only to the sender of the original
message?

No. Try it for yourself with a test message

We want to send e-mails to a distribution list that goes to several
hundred

IIIRC, if one of those email addresses is invalid, the whole thing will
fail. Plus, most smtp servers limit the number of recipients. You would be
better off using email merge or a dedicated mailer capable of sending
individual emails to each recipient - such as our email scheduler
(http://www.lbetoolbox.com/scheduleemail.htm) <g>


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[Chuck Davis]

No. Try it for yourself with a test message


IIIRC, if one of those email addresses is invalid, the whole thing will
fail. Plus, most smtp servers limit the number of recipients. You would be
better off using email merge or a dedicated mailer capable of sending
individual emails to each recipient - such as our email scheduler
(http://www.lbetoolbox.com/scheduleemail.htm) <g>


--
John Blessing

http://www.LbeHelpdesk.com - Help Desk software priced to suit all
businesses
http://www.room-booking-software.com - Schedule rooms & equipment bookings
for your meeting/class over the web.
http://www.lbetoolbox.com - Remove Duplicates from MS Outlook,
find/replace, send newsletters

John Blessing,

Your comment regarding one bad e-mail address causing "the whole thing will
fail" is not true. It will depend on the policies of the smtp server owner.
I send 1,520 HTML newsletters. Maximum of 1,000 at a time after 10:00 p.m.
Pacific Time.

The e-mail merge may increase your bandwidth usage beyond what is allowed.
The bigger problem is the servers handling the recipients mail. AOL will cut
you off above some number during a 24 hour period. My list has approximately
450 AOL subscribers. If I send two newsletters during one 24 hour period, I
am shut down for a period. I makes no difference to AOL whether they are in
one distribution list or one at a time. They count the number during the 24
hour period. By the way, the AOL number includes wmconnect and cs domains.