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Subject: Re: policy issue on Bcc: of list..
From: Brian Behlendorf <brian @ hyperreal . org>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 21:20:02 -0800
To: Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui @ plaidworks . com>, list-managers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <v0313030cb0b7c4e1643c@[207.167.80.70]>


At 08:54 PM 12/12/97 -0800, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
>So, would it be reasonable for mail list software to coerce a Bcc: of a
>list to a CC: in the header? At least then it'd be listed in the mail
>headers where a user will see it. I don't see any real negatives to it,
>but perhaps I'm missing something.

In some cases Bcc: is used because the sender doesn't want anyone on the
list to respond; putting it in the Cc: makes it look like the author put it
in the Cc:, and it would thus be "open season" for other posters to mail
the person in the "To:" header.

	Brian


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