Derek, there is no such thing as a BC line. There is a CC field and a BCC field, and said programs, do, in fact, require that something is placed in one of the To or CC fields. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 2:28 PM To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [access-uk] Re: sending Email to multiple contacts Hi David You said "an alternative to putting everybodies address in the to field, which has the undesirable effect of distributing everyone's email address far and wide is to but all the addresses in the bcc field, and send to message to oneself (a message has to be sent to someone)." I think it depends which email sending software used. If using outlook (and I assume same for outlook express) There is no need to have anything on the to line. So everything can be on the bc line. Easy way to test this, send an email to yourself, but use the bc line the email will arrive just fine. Regards, Derek ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.12/1372 - Release Date: 10/04/2008 17:36 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq