On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >- Mail has too many BCC's in it. (again spam)
>
> Mail generated by LISTSERV has no BCCs at all.
>

I beg to differ. The term "BCC" is commonly used by user support staff
to explain the presence of envelope-recipient addresses which do not
appear on the 'To:' line, because while most email users understand
the term "BCC", most are not be familiar with the intricacies of SMTP.
Nor should they need to be.

Technically, the problem is not "too many BCC's", it is "too many
envelope-recipients who are not listed on the 'To:' line", or maybe
just "too many envelope-recipients", but in either case, the
difference between AOL's description of the problem and my description
of the problem is mostly a matter of semantics. (Is the wall pink or
peach? It depends. Did you ask me or my wife?) The solution is not to
argue over whether LISTSERV uses "BCC's"; it is to find out whether
AOL can and will make an exception for messages from his list.

--
Paul Russell
Senior Systems Administrator
University of Notre Dame