Re: mass emailing -- recommended practice

["Jody" <fishbox@bellsouth.net>]

Most mass emailings don't require replies, especially to the whole list.  I
like it because it eliminates the huge headers with EVERYONE's email address
listed.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Gomberg" <gomberg@wcf.com>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: mass emailing -- recommended practice


> At 08:16 PM 5/18/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >The recent flurry of email about a virus alert demonstrated an
inadvertent
> >bad practice.
> >When emailing (broadcasting) to a list of several people, please list
> >everyone in the BCC column.  This hides the email addresses of all such
> >recipients from each viewer.
>
> This is a highly questionable practice.  It prevents any recipient from
> replying to the list.   I suggest you choose your friends more carefully.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Dave Gomberg, San Francisco   NE5EE     gomberg at wcf dot com
> http://www.wcf.com/co2iron for low cost CO2 systems that work!
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>


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