How do I view BCC recipient addresses in sent email (since Maverick took this function away)?

With the Maverick update, it's no longer possible to view BCC email addresses for previously sent messages. I looked EVERYWHERE on my machine and it seems that the data is gone.


I need to retrieve this information as it's very urgent and regarding a cancer patient. Here's what I want, to be clear. I want to open a previously sent message and view all of the recipients (INCLUDING those who were BCCd!!!!!!!!!!!!)


Someone from Apple, please help! ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 3, 2014 10:43 PM

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Apr 16, 2015 10:59 AM in response to Newmacguy72

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Mar 4, 2014 4:33 AM in response to alisonym

You sound like the Nairobi Prince with whom I communicate regularly.


Anyway, select the message and choose All headers from View > Message > submenu (cmd-shift-h).

Or, choose Send Again from the Message menu.


However, I see the Bcc addresses in the normal headers. You might try setting the Header Detail in the Viewing tab of Mail Preferences. I have mine set to default and they show.


I also have the Bcc displayed when I compose, which may also be why I see it normally. That is set with the little button next to the From address on the compose window.

Mar 4, 2014 6:37 PM in response to Barney-15E

Barney,

When I View > Message > All headers I get this....


Return-Path: <alisonym@____.com>

Received: from ?IPv6:2601:d:2780:b8a:740f:6a99:d8d8:2c24? ([2601:d:2780:b8a:740f:6a99:d8d8:2c24]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id rj10sm34981492igc.8.2014.02.17.14.34.44 for <multiple recipients> (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:34:48 -0800 (PST)

Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_8AB03BBE-EB30-4EED-A8BC-C75F92902450"

Message-Id: <2E2A1D29-8275-4414-8DBB-2DEA738D2C18@gmail.com>

Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.1 \(1827\))

In-Reply-To: <D024F1B4-66A9-48AB-8883-7EAAA88CD0B0@gmail.com>

References: <D024F1B4-66A9-48AB-8883-7EAAA88CD0B0@gmail.com>

X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1827)


When I choose Send Again, I get no addresses in the window.


Please help!!!

Jun 15, 2014 8:19 PM in response to alisonym

Hi. I had the same problem and this is how I was able to view those whom I bcc'd.


Go to System Preferences in Mail and click the Use Classic Layout button. That should make viewing of emails on a line by line.


Find your particular email and click the arrow button beside your email. It will show as a sub-menu to whom you sent your emails. Since I previously Bcc'd myself, I clicked on that particular bcc'd email and there, I could see all those I Bcc'd. Hope this helps.

Dec 12, 2015 9:20 AM in response to alisonym

I tried all the suggestions too and none worked, but I found my own solution. The only difference is that I am using Mountain Lion, not Mavericks. The problem was exactly the same in Mountain Lion. Here's how I solved it: Open the sent message; go to Window on the toolbar and select Previous Recipients. The list shows up as a dialogue box. I hope something similar works for Mavericks users.

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