Auto Bcc through terminal command no longer works?

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Auto Bcc through terminal command no longer works?

I need to auto-Bcc every email that goes out of my office. I had been using the terminal command way (via this article: https://www.lifewire.com/automatically-bcc-os-x-mail-1172861) but my emails are not being Bcc'd now. I can't remember if the break corresponded to a system update.

When I check in terminal with "defaults read com.apple.mail UserHeaders" it says:

{

Bcc = "XXX@XXX.com";

}

So I would assume that my outgoing emails should have the specified address in the Bcc field, however, when I check my sent mail through Apple mail the Bcc fields are empty. What am I doing wrong?

Posted on Jun 26, 2019 8:38 AM

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Answer 1

Old Toad

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Jun 26, 2019 10:10 AM in response to Mddharma1

One way you can "automate" that is to use Keyboard Maestro. You can create a macro that is enabled with a single keystroke (one of the F keys) that will move the cursor to the BBC field and insert the email address of your choice.

It is an extremely powerful macro app that can help automate repetitive workflows.

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John Galt

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Jun 26, 2019 9:34 AM in response to Mddharma1

Why would you want to use that technique when Mail's Preferences offers it:

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Mddharma1 Author

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Jun 28, 2019 7:34 AM in response to John Galt

Im not Bcc'ing myself, I'm Bcc'ing a contact management system we use so they log and record all of our emails. As far as I can tell, Apple mail only allows you to Bcc "myself" which is the email address you're sending from.

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Mddharma1 Author

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Jun 28, 2019 7:37 AM in response to Old Toad

As easier as your solution makes Bcc'ing, the reason I liked the terminal-command way I was using was because it required nothing, not even pushing a button after it was set-up. This way there was no way someone could forget in my office to even push the macro key, it was all done automatically.

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