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At 09:46 1999/07/02 -0600, you wrote: >I'm getting e-mail that is somehow getting sent to me but my e-mail >address doesn't appear on the TO: portion of the e-mail. This is very >strange. Has anyone experienced this? I used to think e-mail >that didn't reach its destination went to e-mail heaven and now I'm >wondering if it doesn't go into someone else's e-mail box. > >Betty hi betty some e-mail software programs have a "bcc" option it is similar to the "cc" option where a "carbon copy" [yikes] of the message is sent to the address specified e.g. if you were to send a message to me and "cc" it to tom, dick, and harry, all four of us would be able to read our names in the message headers and we would each know that the message 1. came from you 2. was sent to me 3. was copied to tom, dick, and harry "bcc" means "blind carbon copy" meaning that the recipients of the copies only know that the message 1. came from you 2. was sent to me tom would not know who else got copied dick would not know who else got copied harry would not know who else got copied and for that matter i would not know who else got copied so, from the sounds of it, in re the message you received, you are taking the place of either tom, dick, or harry in the "bcc" header! i have sent this message to the list in the usual way and have also sent a "bcc" copy to you just for fun janet ps but i am sure that e-mail heaven still exists janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> [log in to unmask]