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Mavericks: Sending email to a group

Since Mavericks, my contact groups look differen when I try to add a group to the "To" box. Previously, when I wanted to send an email to my family (for example), I would type "Family" into the box, a labeled button would appear there, and all the addresses would be hidden on the email received. Now when I do the same thing, "family Family <Family>" appears, and there are no addresses. I can scroll down to the original "Family" in the list, then very carefully his "enter" and get it to stick, but the addresses are not hidden, even though I have selected them to not show, in Preferences.

Please advise.

Venita

flat panel iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Apr 9, 2014 9:23 AM

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venitar Author

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Apr 9, 2014 11:36 AM in response to Tuttle

Alrighty then! Got it!! Thanks a ton. 🙂

venitar Author

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Apr 9, 2014 11:41 AM in response to Paul_31

By the way, what does Bcc stand for anyway? 😕 I know CC from the old days when I used a typewriter. Yes, I'm that old.

Paul_31

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Apr 9, 2014 11:41 AM in response to venitar

Bcc = Blind carbon copy.

Tuttle

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Apr 9, 2014 11:44 AM in response to venitar

You can play with this, too. That is, if you're sending a message using the To and/or Cc fields, you can also add recipients to the Bcc field.

If you do that, everyone who receives the message, including contacts you've put in the Bcc field, will see the contacts you put into the To and Cc fields, but no recipients will see the contacts you put into the Bcc field. Useful if you want to stealthily copy someone on a message without other recipients knowing that...

venitar Author

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Apr 9, 2014 11:47 AM in response to Paul_31

Oh yes. Now I remember.

venitar Author

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Apr 9, 2014 11:48 AM in response to Tuttle

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.

Adriaanh

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May 20, 2014 1:29 PM in response to venitar

But for crying out loud, this is madness. What purpose does it serve to have a preference setting that can be ticked to 'show all member addresses' if it also shows them when it's not ticked? Or am I missiing something?

venitar Author

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May 21, 2014 8:58 AM in response to Adriaanh

I liked it better when the default was to hide email addresses when you sent to a group. Most people appreciate privacy. Let's go back to that, please.

Mavericks: Sending email to a group