alias list and bcc
Hi, is there a way to create a simple list with the alias command like alias my_list contac1 contact2 contactN but not having send your messages cc: but bcc: ? -- Benjamin Eckenfels OpenPGP Key id: CF56E489 Key fingerprint = 386D CBE1 0833 4C12 2871 F51E 839D 18EF CF56 E489 Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCF56E489 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: alias list and bcc
> is there a way to create a simple list with the alias command like > > alias my_list contac1 contact2 contactN > > > but not having send your messages cc: but bcc: ? What isn't working about this? The alias you gave should work, and if you put it into the Bcc: field it should Bcc those addresses. You can do this either in your editor (with edit_headers set), or in the compose menu. -- -D.[EMAIL PROTECTED]NSITUniversity of Chicago
Re: alias list and bcc
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:47:23PM +0200, Benjamin Eckenfels wrote: > Hi, > > is there a way to create a simple list with the alias command like > alias my_list contac1 contact2 contactN > but not having send your messages cc: but bcc: ? Any reason you can't just put the list in the Bcc list? I'm not understanding the problem you're trying to solve... -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. pgpbFLGsTSLLd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Fwd: Re: alias list and bcc
Okay, unfortunately there is some more problem: I only want to see all of the recipients only their own address. Not like when bcc is used and they will see the address of the primary recipient. Basically I want to sent a bunch of e-mails to a list of recipients (in fact a press release). My hope was this could be done easily by an alias-list. -- Benjamin Eckenfels OpenPGP Key id: CF56E489 Key fingerprint = 386D CBE1 0833 4C12 2871 F51E 839D 18EF CF56 E489 Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCF56E489 - Forwarded message from Benjamin Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Benjamin Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: alias list and bcc Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:03:11 +0200 To: David Champion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Put it into the bcc-list? Let me think about that. . .. ... Oh dear. Thanks ;-) -- Benjamin Eckenfels OpenPGP Key id: CF56E489 Key fingerprint = 386D CBE1 0833 4C12 2871 F51E 839D 18EF CF56 E489 Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCF56E489 On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 02:18:17PM -0500, David Champion wrote: > > > is there a way to create a simple list with the alias command like > > > > alias my_list contac1 contact2 contactN > > > > > > but not having send your messages cc: but bcc: ? > > What isn't working about this? The alias you gave should work, and if > you put it into the Bcc: field it should Bcc those addresses. You can > do this either in your editor (with edit_headers set), or in the compose > menu. > > -- > -D.[EMAIL PROTECTED]NSITUniversity of Chicago > - End forwarded message - signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Fwd: Re: alias list and bcc
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday, July 29 at 01:29 AM, quoth Benjamin Eckenfels: > Okay, unfortunately there is some more problem: I only want to see > all of the recipients only their own address. Not like when bcc is > used and they will see the address of the primary recipient. > > Basically I want to sent a bunch of e-mails to a list of recipients > (in fact a press release). My hope was this could be done easily by > an alias-list. It's done easier with a shell script. Like so: for RECIP in addr1 addr2 addr3 ; do mutt $RECIP < message.txt done ~Kyle - -- The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. -- Stanislaw Jerszy Lec -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Comment: Thank you for using encryption! iD8DBQFGq+3YBkIOoMqOI14RAlecAJ9n/44f543LK1IL04Z5aIeYmLFYDACguvDr hQyWnR+jIuoBTRLk/dx39Yk= =5l+4 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Fwd: Re: alias list and bcc
* Benjamin Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-01-70 11:34]: > Okay, unfortunately there is some more problem: I only want to see all > of the recipients only their own address. Not like when bcc is used > and they will see the address of the primary recipient. > > Basically I want to sent a bunch of e-mails to a list of recipients > (in fact a press release). My hope was this could be done easily by an > alias-list. do the alias list as suggested and leave the "To:" blank. Mutt will send the posts with the "To:" field: To: undisclosed-recipients: ; I do this frequently when I do not want to broadcast the email addresses. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USAHOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535@ http://counter.li.org
Re: Fwd: Re: alias list and bcc
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 09:40:50PM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Benjamin Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-01-70 11:34]: > > Okay, unfortunately there is some more problem: I only want to see all > > of the recipients only their own address. Not like when bcc is used > > and they will see the address of the primary recipient. > > > > Basically I want to sent a bunch of e-mails to a list of recipients > > (in fact a press release). My hope was this could be done easily by an > > alias-list. > > > do the alias list as suggested and leave the "To:" blank. Mutt will > send the posts with the "To:" field: > > To: undisclosed-recipients: ; > > I do this frequently when I do not want to broadcast the email > addresses. > > -- > Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USAHOG # US1244711 > http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 > Registered Linux User #207535@ http://counter.li.org > Okay, as a workaround this should work for me, too. Thanks. But I don't want my mails regarded as possible spam for the to-field isn't correct. Maybe someone shows up with a clean solution. -- Benjamin Eckenfels OpenPGP Key id: CF56E489 Key fingerprint = 386D CBE1 0833 4C12 2871 F51E 839D 18EF CF56 E489 Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCF56E489 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Fwd: Re: alias list and bcc
* Benjamin Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [07-29-07 06:05]: > Okay, as a workaround this should work for me, too. Thanks. But I don't > want my mails regarded as possible spam for the to-field isn't correct. Please explain "to-field isn't correct" and site rfc's supporting your "supposition". > Maybe someone shows up with a clean solution. You have been offered several. Perhaps you should do some investigation to educate yourself rather than placing the onus on "someone". The provided mutt documentation is *very* good. ps: full quoting, especially sigs, is ungregarious. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USAHOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535@ http://counter.li.org
Re: Fwd: Re: alias list and bcc
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 07:24:43AM -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > Please explain "to-field isn't correct" and site rfc's supporting your > "supposition". > "Correct" was not quite the right word. What I wanted to say is, that the to-field ideally should present the address of the recipient an not "undisclosed recipient" even if this is conform to rfc #idunno. > > Maybe someone shows up with a clean solution. > > You have been offered several. Perhaps you should do some > investigation to educate yourself rather than placing the onus on > "someone". The provided mutt documentation is *very* good. I'm sorry. That was not meant to be an insult. I am not a native speaker of English and was not aware of the subtle meaning of "someone". -- Benjamin Eckenfels OpenPGP Key id: CF56E489 Key fingerprint = 386D CBE1 0833 4C12 2871 F51E 839D 18EF CF56 E489 Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCF56E489 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Fwd: Re: alias list and bcc
> > Okay, as a workaround this should work for me, too. Thanks. But I don't > > want my mails regarded as possible spam for the to-field isn't correct. > > Please explain "to-field isn't correct" and site rfc's supporting your > "supposition". "undisclosed-decipients:;" is a valid content for the To: header, but that doesn't mean that spam filters will never object to it. By necessity, spam filters are as bad in their non-accomodation of irregular but legal constructions as spammers are in their use of irregular/illegal but accepted constructions. The concern is legitimate. > > Maybe someone shows up with a clean solution. I tend to use undisclosed-recipients:; myself, but a more normal-looking approach that I often see is to put your own address in the To: field. You can also just make one up, if you don't mind the bounce. example.com and example.net are even reserved by IANA, and will never (again) be valid domains for actual users. > ps: full quoting, especially sigs, is ungregarious. So is being an ass. If you want to tell someone you're not going to help, do it in private, not on a list with thousands of subscribers. -- -D.[EMAIL PROTECTED]NSITUniversity of Chicago
Re: Fwd: Re: alias list and bcc
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 03:00:11PM -0500, David Champion wrote: > You can also just make one up, if you don't mind the bounce. example.com > and example.net are even reserved by IANA, and will never (again) be > valid domains for actual users. > Ah, I did not know that (RFC2606 [1]). Thanks. [1] http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt -- Benjamin Eckenfels OpenPGP Key id: CF56E489 Key fingerprint = 386D CBE1 0833 4C12 2871 F51E 839D 18EF CF56 E489 Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCF56E489 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
