Re: howto bcc the bcc's in mutt
On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 02:29:32PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 04:09:16AM +0000, p wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 12:02:36PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 01:56:01AM +0000, p wrote:
> > > > debs,
> > > >
> > > > prelim: i just got a promotion--sysop of a
> > > > hundred-user network. ...peanuts
> > > > to most on the list, probably....
> > >
> > > Congratulations on the promotion, and good luck!
> >
> > thx. hopefully, i'll be able to populate the
> > system with linux, debian, of course!
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > > prob: when i fire up mutt for emailing
> > > > those 100 users. i'd like to bcc
> > > > each user without the other 99
> > > > users' email addys being included
> > > > in the bcc. (so, each user's bcc
> > > > header only has 1 email addy in it,
> > > > not 100.)
> > > >
> > > > q: is there a way for mutt to bcc the
> > > > bcc's?
> > >
> > > I don't follow you here. The recipient of the email can only see the To
> > > and cc headers, but nothing at all for bcc. So doesn't it do what you
> > > want already?
> > >
> > > - Chris
> > >
> >
> > //
> >
> >
> > ...sorry, i knew that my setup wasn't as complete
> > as it should've been.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > for example:
> >
> > i have the 100 users's email addys as
> > an alias in .muttrc.
> >
> > i send the same email to each of the
> > 100 users by addressing it to myself
> > and "bcc-ing" it to the 100 users.
> >
> > what i've seen is that the 100 users'
> > email addys are in the "resent-to"
> > header (like the attached, test
> > email). what i'm hoping is that
> > _each user_ doesn't have to see the
> > other user's email addys, like what
> > the "list" (deb-user) does--we get
> > list emails without seeing who else
> > gets them.
> >
> > is this "bcc biz" the wrong approach?
>
> No, if all is configured properly then the bcc approach should work
> fine. Sounds like your mail delivery agent (MDA) might be at fault
> here. Which MDA are you using?
>
> - Chris
>
>
>
//
i just found out it's procmail, but i've never
touched it for anything. (i've been fat 'n
happy for years with the company of exim, mutt,
& fetchmail.)
so now i need to set up something in procmail?
thx.
b.
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