How can I send a group email to ensure privicy for recipients?

You can add all the addresses to the Bcc: line (Alt-Apple-B), then include your own address in the To: line (it will need at least one address there, otherwise it won't send).

ScottsGarden,

Welcome to Apple Discussions.

Send the e-mail to your own address and use the Bcc feature of Mail for your intended (Group) recipients.

Open a New Mail window and go to the Mail>View>(Check) Bcc Address Field.

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Although using the Bcc: field for all recipients is the best way to go, the only way to ensure privacy (100%) is by sending the message individually to each recipient. Not practical I know but this is the only way to ensure privacy.

Allan,

I did not know that could you elaborate for my edification?

I was under the impression Bcc did a good job of hiding recipients.

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There is a potential security flaw in the BCC feature.

According to the conventions of the SMTP protocol, all addresses, including BCC addresses, are included in every email as it is sent over the Internet. The BCC addresses are stripped off blind copy email only at the destination email server. Therefore, if the addressee controls their email server or can access it, they could examine the BCC addresses on every email they receive.

Very occasionally, an email server will be misconfigured and not strip off the BCC list on email it sends to its local users, revealing the complete blind copy address field to users that receive the email at that domain. Therefore, BCC is very good but not perfect at keeping addresses confidential, and should not be relied on for the most critical and sensitive of communications.

Allan,

Thanks for the additional information.

Filed for future reference.

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