It's fine to use the BCC field when sending messages to individuals, but not to mailing lists. Gary King, w4wkz@xxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 4:08 PM Subject: Re: Footer information > The BCC field is used by those of us who don't want to burden our recipients > with our various lists of contacts. When I am passing on articles of other > topics I am interested in I do it exclusively with the BCC field. Judith > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary King" <w4wkz@xxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 4:58 PM > Subject: Re: Footer information > > > > An even better criteria to use for filtering messages is "Where the To or > CC > > line contains." This puts all of the messages in the proper folder except > > fro those that come from a very few nonconformists who use the BCC field. > > Those folks really deserve the Delete key salute. > > > > Gary King, w4wkz@xxxxxxxx > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ricque" <ricque@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 3:57 PM > > Subject: Re: Footer information > > > > > > > Hi Mark, > > > You could change the criteria of your rule to, > > > "where the to line contains". > > > I use this , and all messages go into the proper folders, unless someone > > > breaks from list guidelines, > > > and uses the "cc" field in their messages, > > > in which case those messages go into the "in box", where they are > promptly > > > deleted. > > > Ricque > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mark Arnold" <marnold@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 8:39 AM > > > Subject: Footer information > > > > > > > > > Hello Listers, > > > > > > I have asked this before but have never really understood why this > occurs. > > > On almost all messages from this list there is some information such a s: > > > To > > > post a message to the list, send it to > > > jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx etc... > > > Why does this information not appear on some messages from the list? It > > > is > > > somewhat annoying to me as I have a rule in my Outlook Express client to > > > place messages in a JFW folder when it contains > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > in the body of the message. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Mark > > > > > > -- > > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > > > > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > > > the > > > way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact > > > the > > > list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > -- > > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > > > > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > > > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > > > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact > the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 7/22/05 > > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx