Re: Add banner to messages sent to Bcc'ed recipients?
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 11:55:12AM -0500, Eloy A. Paris wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 10:35:42AM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote:
[...]
> > I think if you have to worry about your blind copy recipients replying
> > to the wrong people, you shouldn't by sending them blind copies of
> > those messages.
>
> I trust the people I send blind copies of my messages, and most of the
> times, they are also very experienced users. It is just that people make
> mistakes. This is not a matter of worrying about the trustworthiness of
> people you Bcc, it's about preventing mistakes.
>
> When I can't risk people making mistakes because the damage would be too
> extensive or irreparable I send the original message to the non-Bcc'ed
> people and then I forward the e-mail to the people I want to Bcc. But
> this extra work, and I just wondered if there is a way of having Mutt
> make this easier.
Unfortunately you are right. People make mistakes. And they also tend
not to notice or ignore special hints placed in the message body just
like they don't notice that they are not in the To or CC field. So the
solution you offer is not really a solution. It still requires
receipients attention. Don't forget also that there are other languages
than English out there. And not all receipients may understand what is
that "blind copy" at the top of email.
In the situation like this I don't do Bcc. I simply resend the message
separately, using mutt's feature. And in that resent copy I can put any
comments (and any addresses) I want.
Andrei