Undisclosed Recipients

[Singlemom]

I posted earlier and no one has answered my question or given me anything to
go on. My problem is with using Bcc in Microsoft Office. When I use this, for
instance if I send it to 6 people. Leaving the To field empty. They all
receive the email, but it will say on theirs To (my name and address) and
From (my name and address). It does not say To "Undisclosed Recipients" like
it is suppose to. My old Outlook does, but the Office one doesn't. What is
wrong with it, or where do I go to set it to say this. People are asking me
why I am sending emails to myself, when in fact I'm not. All I can find in
the Knowledge Base is" how to" send Bcc emails, which I am doing. I have
tried to get support from Microsoft, and the form will not submit to them. I
am assuming it is in the settings somewhere, but have searched thru every
option I can find and can't find anything pertaining to this. Any help would
be appreciated, I try to protect other peoples email addresses by using this
feature, and it is working on that, but still doesn't do as it should and say
"Undisclosed Recipient". Its just a bug that is bugging me!

 

[Dawn Crosier]

1. Create a new message
2. Insert "Undisclosed Recipients" in the To: field, followed by
your email address in "<,>" braces.
The To: field should look like: "Undisclosed Recipients
<[email protected]>". Alternatively you can create a custom
contact called Undisclosed Recipients with your email address
associated.
3. Put all the recipients' email addresses in the Bcc: field,
separated by commas.
The Bcc: field could look something like:
"(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed),
(e-mail address removed)".
--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

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[Singlemom]

Thanks Dawn, I tried this and after sending one, from my sent file, it says
Undisclosed Recipient by itself like it is suppose to, but on the email the
other person recieved, it had my name and address along with it, which I
assumed it would by adding my address on the new contact. Then I too received
the email back in my inbox of Outlook by doing it that way. I still don't
understand why my old Outlook works the way it is suppose to, but the Office
Outlook will not work on its own that way. I receive emails all the time that
has the senders name in the From field, and Undisclosed Recipients in the To
field, and my old outlook will do that too. It doesn't have the senders name
in the To and From field at the same time like mine is doing. Any more ideas?

 

[Dawn Crosier]

It would be helpful to know which version of Outlook is not working
for you. That way I can research and see if this is a known issue for
your particular version of Outlook.

Thanks.
--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

In Outlook 2003, set the display name for the address as Undisclosed
Recipients.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Singlemom asked:

| Thanks Dawn, I tried this and after sending one, from my sent file,
| it says Undisclosed Recipient by itself like it is suppose to, but on
| the email the other person recieved, it had my name and address along
| with it, which I assumed it would by adding my address on the new
| contact. Then I too received the email back in my inbox of Outlook by
| doing it that way. I still don't understand why my old Outlook works
| the way it is suppose to, but the Office Outlook will not work on its
| own that way. I receive emails all the time that has the senders name
| in the From field, and Undisclosed Recipients in the To field, and my
| old outlook will do that too. It doesn't have the senders name in the
| To and From field at the same time like mine is doing. Any more
| ideas?
|
| "Dawn Crosier" wrote:
|
|| 1. Create a new message
|| 2. Insert "Undisclosed Recipients" in the To: field, followed by
|| your email address in "<,>" braces.
|| The To: field should look like: "Undisclosed Recipients
|| <[email protected]>". Alternatively you can create a custom
|| contact called Undisclosed Recipients with your email address
|| associated.
|| 3. Put all the recipients' email addresses in the Bcc: field,
|| separated by commas.
|| The Bcc: field could look something like:
|| "(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed),
|| (e-mail address removed)".
|| --
|| Dawn Crosier
|| Microsoft MVP
|| "Education Lasts a Lifetime"
||
|| This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and
|| questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well.
||
|| ||| I posted earlier and no one has answered my question or given me
||| anything to
||| go on. My problem is with using Bcc in Microsoft Office. When I use
||| this, for
||| instance if I send it to 6 people. Leaving the To field empty. They
||| all
||| receive the email, but it will say on theirs To (my name and
||| address) and
||| From (my name and address). It does not say To "Undisclosed
||| Recipients" like
||| it is suppose to. My old Outlook does, but the Office one doesn't.
||| What is
||| wrong with it, or where do I go to set it to say this. People are
||| asking me
||| why I am sending emails to myself, when in fact I'm not. All I can
||| find in
||| the Knowledge Base is" how to" send Bcc emails, which I am doing. I
||| have
||| tried to get support from Microsoft, and the form will not submit to
||| them. I
||| am assuming it is in the settings somewhere, but have searched thru
||| every
||| option I can find and can't find anything pertaining to this. Any
||| help would
||| be appreciated, I try to protect other peoples email addresses by
||| using this
||| feature, and it is working on that, but still doesn't do as it
||| should and say
||| "Undisclosed Recipient". Its just a bug that is bugging me!

 

[ANONYMOUS]

It looks like that you were using Outlook Express previusly in which
when you leave out the TO field empty, the receipients will not see who
the message was sent to, except that the sender's name and email will
always appear under FROM field.

Alternatively, in Outlook 2003 you could use something like:

TO: (e-mail address removed)

Bcc: XXXXX (enter your list here)

This ensures that the TO field does not show your own name/email.

My Outlook does exactly like your experience and so it must be by design
as most filters look at this field to decide whether or not it is a
spam.

hth

 

[Singlemom]

Thanks Milly, but the way it is working, if I set the display name it still
has to have an email address attached to it or it wont even store in the
address book. I will try it again though, it just seems like useless time for
the email to come back to me too and me have to delete it from my inbox each
time I send one out. Thanks for your response though.

In Outlook 2003, set the display name for the address as Undisclosed
Recipients.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Singlemom asked:

| Thanks Dawn, I tried this and after sending one, from my sent file,
| it says Undisclosed Recipient by itself like it is suppose to, but on
| the email the other person recieved, it had my name and address along
| with it, which I assumed it would by adding my address on the new
| contact. Then I too received the email back in my inbox of Outlook by
| doing it that way. I still don't understand why my old Outlook works
| the way it is suppose to, but the Office Outlook will not work on its
| own that way. I receive emails all the time that has the senders name
| in the From field, and Undisclosed Recipients in the To field, and my
| old outlook will do that too. It doesn't have the senders name in the
| To and From field at the same time like mine is doing. Any more
| ideas?
|
| "Dawn Crosier" wrote:
|
|| 1. Create a new message
|| 2. Insert "Undisclosed Recipients" in the To: field, followed by
|| your email address in "<,>" braces.
|| The To: field should look like: "Undisclosed Recipients
|| <[email protected]>". Alternatively you can create a custom
|| contact called Undisclosed Recipients with your email address
|| associated.
|| 3. Put all the recipients' email addresses in the Bcc: field,
|| separated by commas.
|| The Bcc: field could look something like:
|| "(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed),
|| (e-mail address removed)".
|| --
|| Dawn Crosier
|| Microsoft MVP
|| "Education Lasts a Lifetime"
||
|| This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and
|| questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well.
||
|| ||| I posted earlier and no one has answered my question or given me
||| anything to
||| go on. My problem is with using Bcc in Microsoft Office. When I use
||| this, for
||| instance if I send it to 6 people. Leaving the To field empty. They
||| all
||| receive the email, but it will say on theirs To (my name and
||| address) and
||| From (my name and address). It does not say To "Undisclosed
||| Recipients" like
||| it is suppose to. My old Outlook does, but the Office one doesn't.
||| What is
||| wrong with it, or where do I go to set it to say this. People are
||| asking me
||| why I am sending emails to myself, when in fact I'm not. All I can
||| find in
||| the Knowledge Base is" how to" send Bcc emails, which I am doing. I
||| have
||| tried to get support from Microsoft, and the form will not submit to
||| them. I
||| am assuming it is in the settings somewhere, but have searched thru
||| every
||| option I can find and can't find anything pertaining to this. Any
||| help would
||| be appreciated, I try to protect other peoples email addresses by
||| using this
||| feature, and it is working on that, but still doesn't do as it
||| should and say
||| "Undisclosed Recipient". Its just a bug that is bugging me!

 

[Singlemom]

Yes, I was using Outlook Express previously, and it seemed to do fine with
this. Are you suggesting to just make up an email address for the To field?
If so, I'd be afraid it might turn up in someones box for real..LOL don't
think they would appreciate that. But I am glad to hear yours does the same
thing, maybe that is just the way they have made Office Outlook, I thought
mine just had a bug I couldn't find. By setting a new contact in the address
book like a previous post told me to do, it sends the email right back to me,
which would also be a bothersome thing to have to delete every email I send
out when it comes back in. Thanks for your response, I may just go back to
Outlook Express, it seemed much easier to use.

 

[Gary Smith]

If you want an apparently valid email address that will make the message
just "go away", you can use anything you like @example.com. That domain
is dedicated to such use.

 

[Singlemom]

Ok, thank you very much, this might work then using a new contact that way.
THANKS!

 

[Hadassah]

I am responding to Dawn's answer to "Undisclosed-Recipients in the TO:
field...I tried her method and low and behold "IT WORKED" Thank You,
DAWN!!!
I spent almost ALL afternoon on this and now "finally"
Undisclosed-Recipients shows in the To: field-only...(If you follow her
instructions)!!!!
HATS-OFF to Dawn ~ YOU MADE MY DAY!!!
SIGNED: (e-mail address removed), Salinas, CA

 

[Rosário]

I have the same problem. How can I send a Bcc message that shows the name of
the person or company? It looks rather peculiar when he recives a message
"from" me and "to" me.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

The "to me - from me" is the way to do it.

 

[Singlemom]

I finally got responses from Microsoft and the Office Edition of Outlook does
not have that feature and work like the old Outlook. I took someone elses
advice and made and address entry of the following.
(e-mail address removed) witht he display saying Undisclosed
Recipients. This works as the the old one did, but the only problem is you
will get the email back also as a mail failure which you will have to deal
with in your inbox. It works for me ok, good luck!

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I simply use a mail merge for personalization.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Singlemom asked:

| I finally got responses from Microsoft and the Office Edition of
| Outlook does not have that feature and work like the old Outlook. I
| took someone elses advice and made and address entry of the following.
| (e-mail address removed) witht he display saying Undisclosed
| Recipients. This works as the the old one did, but the only problem
| is you will get the email back also as a mail failure which you will
| have to deal with in your inbox. It works for me ok, good luck!
|
| "Rosário" wrote:
|
|| I have the same problem. How can I send a Bcc message that shows the
|| name of the person or company? It looks rather peculiar when he
|| recives a message "from" me and "to" me.
||
|| "Singlemom" wrote:
||
||| I posted earlier and no one has answered my question or given me
||| anything to go on. My problem is with using Bcc in Microsoft
||| Office. When I use this, for instance if I send it to 6 people.
||| Leaving the To field empty. They all receive the email, but it will
||| say on theirs To (my name and address) and From (my name and
||| address). It does not say To "Undisclosed Recipients" like it is
||| suppose to. My old Outlook does, but the Office one doesn't. What
||| is wrong with it, or where do I go to set it to say this. People
||| are asking me why I am sending emails to myself, when in fact I'm
||| not. All I can find in the Knowledge Base is" how to" send Bcc
||| emails, which I am doing. I have tried to get support from
||| Microsoft, and the form will not submit to them. I am assuming it
||| is in the settings somewhere, but have searched thru every option I
||| can find and can't find anything pertaining to this. Any help would
||| be appreciated, I try to protect other peoples email addresses by
||| using this feature, and it is working on that, but still doesn't do
||| as it should and say "Undisclosed Recipient". Its just a bug that
||| is bugging me!

 

[Kim]

Is there a patch available? Has this issue been corrected in subsequent
versions of Outlook?

 

[Singlemom]

Hi Kim, I finally got a response from Microsoft about this issue. They told
me it is not available in Office Outlook 2003. It does not work in it at all
as it did in Outlook or Outlook Express, so I assume it hasn't been fixed yet
with any patch. You might contact them if they will respond and find out if
anything since had been corrected. But it takes them forever to respond back.