Small query on distribution lists

Patrick Boutilier boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca
Mon Jul 26 12:16:55 UTC 2010


On 07/26/2010 07:27 AM, Martin (KDE) wrote:
> Am Montag, 26. Juli 2010 schrieb Timothy Murphy:
>> Giuliano Colla wrote:
>>>>>> But I suppose KAddressBook could similarly have a facility
>>>>>> to ask KMail to send items to each member of a distribution
>>>>>> list?
>>>>>
>>>>> It could, if it had been designed to behave as a list manager,
>>>>> but it hasn't. It is Kmail which asks addresses to
>>>>> KAddressBook, not KAddressBook which tells KMail what to do.
>>>>
>>>> But I don't imagine it would be very difficult
>>>> to add that facility to KMail.
>>>> As you say, KMail asks KAddressBook for an address or addresses.
>>>> Surely it would be almost trivial if several addresses are
>>>> given, as by a distribution list,
>>>> to ask if they should be sent separately or in one email.
>>>
>>> Maybe it's not that difficult. But, as you may obtain the same
>>> effect just by putting the list name in the Blind Carbon Copy
>>> (BCC) line (as opposed to the To line), even the small effort
>>> required could not be worth the pain.
>>
>> Perhaps I didn't express myself clearly.
>> I want to avoid a very long To: line
>> so I don't have to scroll past dozens of members' addresses
>> to read the message.
>
> Perhaps Giuliano was not clearly: If you add all the recipients to the
> BCC field (via distribution list or directly) no one will see them
> (that is the reason it is call blind carbon copy) and therefore the to
> line may even be empty (but it is good practice to add at least one
> mail address).

A good idea to put your e-mail in the To: as some spam filters don't 
like a message with a blank To:



>
> Try it out.
>
> Martin
>
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