Re: BCC in Outlook Express

"Aref" wrote in message news:%23$pZ509XIHA.5448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is there any way I can add a comment to my BCC message in outlook express so that the original recepient (TO: ) can not see it.


The To, Cc, and Bcc fields are not used themselves in specifying to the mail server who are the recipients of your e-mail. The e-mail client uses those *fields* displayed in its UI to compile a list of recipients. When it connects to the mail server, it issues a RCPT-TO command for each recipient. That is followed with a DATA command that comprises the *data* of your message (which will include the To and Cc "headers" but which are part of the data of your e-mail). So for, say, 4 recipients in the To field, 2 in the Cc field, and 1 in the Bcc field, the e-mail client will send 7 RCPT-TO commands to the mail server (which has no clue as to who was in the original To, Cc, and Bcc fields in your e-mail client's UI) - and it sends the *same* message in the following single DATA command that relays the content of your message to the mail server. 1 to N copies of RCPT-TO, but just 1 DATA command. Every recipient gets the same copy of your e-mail.

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