If a message was sent to you via BCC and you use the REPLY ALL option to
open a reply to it, you will see not only the name/address of the sender in
the TO field but any other names/addresses to which the sender had
originally sent the message.
If the sender had sent the message to others via CC, those names/addresses
would be listed in the CC field when you reply to the message.
BCC = Blind Courtesy Copy (originally Blind Carbon Copy). Anyone sent the
message via TO or CC will NOT be able to see your name/address.
If you're sending a message, you must click on/enable the View | All headers
option before the BCC field will become available.
~*Laughingstar*~ wrote:
> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>>> Sounds like it must have been a BCC message sent FROM a Gmail
>>> address to your name@att.net address, not you name@gmail.com
>>> account. [I presume you know what BCC is.] Also sounds like it
>>> might have been spam if you didn't recognize the address it was sent
>>> FROM.
>
> I did know who they were from . . .
>>>
>>> I abhor BCC messages so I've created a Message Rule to filter any
>>> messages where none of my email addresses are in the TO or CC field
>>> to Deleted Items folder where I can review the messages' headers
>>> (without opening them) so I can decide what should be done with them.
>>>
> No, PA was every one - not one.
>
> And, how can you view addresses in a BCC window?
>
>>> ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote:
>>>> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>>>>>> Was the message-in-question originally sent TO your Gmail address
>>>>>> and is your Gmail address found in the message's headers?
>>>>
>>>> NO, not anywhere -- not at all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any chance your Gmail account is configured to automatically
>>>>>> forward messages to your name@att.net account?
>>>>
>>>> no -- the account itself is forwarding the emails to my OE but NOT
>>>> to that email address. I will double check, though. But, there is
>>>> nothing in either
>>>> account that indicates the other.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any chance your Gmail account is configured to "fetch" messages
>>>>>> from your name@att.net account? [If you don't know what
>>>>>> "fetching" is, ignore this question.]
>>>>
>>>> Yep, got it -- good for a blind lady, eh!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote:
>>>>>>> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>>>>>>>>> By default, OE will use the address to which the message was
>>>>>>>>> sent in the FROM field when you Reply To or Forward the
>>>>>>>>> message.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> that's been my problem - my OE wasn't working that way.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If you have more than one name@att.net address (e.g.,
>>>>>>>>> name1@att.net; name2@att.net; name3@att.net) which are
>>>>>>>>> associated with one "mailbox" (e.g., name@att.net) AND all of
>>>>>>>>> the addresses (accounts) are running in OE, OE will use the
>>>>>>>>> default address (i.e., name@att.net) in the FROM field when
>>>>>>>>> Replying To or Forwarding messages sent to any of the other
>>>>>>>>> addresses. --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you -- however, the "errant" email address was a gmail
>>>>>>> that my incoming DSL companies email address was defaulting to
>>>>>>> in Reply.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>>>>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ~*Laughingstar*~ wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On my OE, I have a default email address; however, every time
>>>>>>>>>> I hit Reply to
>>>>>>>>>> an email an email address I do not want used is on the From
>>>>>>>>>> window - but no
>>>>>>>>>> where on the incoming email, or selected by self. Any tips on
>>>>>>>>>> stopping this?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you, as always.