Bcc from Address BooK in Mail?

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:34:11 -0500, Matthew Lybanon wrote
(in article
):

> Does anyone know how to put addresses from the Address Book directly into the

> Bcc: slot in the Apple Mail Program's composition window? Simply getting the

> Bcc: slot requires making a choice in the View menu; that choice does not
> seem to be in the Preferences. Clicking the Address Book icon at the top of
> the composition windwo brings up an Address Book Window, but the only choices

> are To: and Cc:. I have to put the addresses into one of those, then cut and

> paste them into Bcc:, if I want to get addresses from the Address Book.

Pulling up the address book from the icon does offer me the choice of Bcc
directly from the address book. This in 10.4.xx and now in 10.5.1.

Recently I set up a friend to use Mail (she had been using her ISP's godawful
web site for mail), and the address book did *not* offer the Bcc option
(10.4.10). I could not recall how I had gotten mine to offer the Bcc option.

I'm sorry I can't be more help, but at least I can assure you that what you
want to do is possible. I can only suggest that you poke around in
preferences and menus and try to find it.

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In article ,
Lewis wrote:

> In article ,
> John Varela wrote:
> > Recently I set up a friend to use Mail (she had been using her ISP's
> > godawful
> > web site for mail), and the address book did *not* offer the Bcc option
> > (10.4.10). I could not recall how I had gotten mine to offer the Bcc
> > option.
>
> You have to turn on the Bcc field in the compsoition headers. Think
> that's all there is to it.

Bcc: is turned on. When I open a new composition window, the Bcc: slot
shows up. But when I click the Address Book icon I only get To: and Cc:.

I'll try the drag and drop option.


>
> If not, try turning it on in a new message, closing the window, then
> opening another new message.
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nomail RemoveThis @please.invalid (Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:

> Matthew Lybanon wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know how to put addresses from the Address Book directly
> > into the Bcc: slot in the Apple Mail Program's composition window?
> > Simply getting the Bcc: slot requires making a choice in the View menu;
> > that choice does not seem to be in the Preferences. Clicking the
> > Address Book icon at the top of the composition windwo brings up an
> > Address Book Window, but the only choices are To: and Cc:. I have to
> > put the addresses into one of those, then cut and paste them into Bcc:,
> > if I want to get addresses from the Address Book.
> >
> > I'm running Mail 2.1 under OS X 10.4.11. I don't think there were any
> > differences (with respect to this particular situation) in earlier
> > versions of Mail or OS X,
>
> There are two ways:
>
> 1. Just start typing the first letters of a name. You'll see a list of
> email addresses from the addressbook as a pop-up menu.

Works, but only for one name (or a few that start with those letters).
I want to be able to insert an entire list at one time.


>
> 2. Use drag-and-drop to drag an address from the addressbook list into
> the BCC field.

Drag and drop works; thanks for the suggestion. But I'm still curious
about what one poster said: that he was somehow able to get a Bcc:
button on the Address Book popup window in Mail, but he doesn't remember
how he did it.
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In article
,
Matthew Lybanon wrote:

> In article ,
> Lewis wrote:
>
> > In article ,
> > John Varela wrote:
> > > Recently I set up a friend to use Mail (she had been using her ISP's
> > > godawful
> > > web site for mail), and the address book did *not* offer the Bcc option
> > > (10.4.10). I could not recall how I had gotten mine to offer the Bcc
> > > option.
> >
> > You have to turn on the Bcc field in the compsoition headers. Think
> > that's all there is to it.
>
> Bcc: is turned on. When I open a new composition window, the Bcc: slot
> shows up. But when I click the Address Book icon I only get To: and Cc:.

Well, there is good old brute force. When I'm sending something to a
wad of people, I put their addresses in Cc: and drag them down to Bcc:

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

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that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

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In article ,
erilar wrote:
> In article
> ,
> Matthew Lybanon wrote:
> > In article ,
> > Lewis wrote:
> > > In article ,
> > > John Varela wrote:
> > > > Recently I set up a friend to use Mail (she had been using her ISP's
> > > > godawful
> > > > web site for mail), and the address book did *not* offer the Bcc option
> > > > (10.4.10). I could not recall how I had gotten mine to offer the Bcc
> > > > option.
> > >
> > > You have to turn on the Bcc field in the compsoition headers. Think
> > > that's all there is to it.
> >
> > Bcc: is turned on. When I open a new composition window, the Bcc: slot
> > shows up. But when I click the Address Book icon I only get To: and Cc:.

Unfortunately, that's just the way it is.

> Well, there is good old brute force. When I'm sending something to a
> wad of people, I put their addresses in Cc: and drag them down to Bcc:

It's actually a little simpler than that. Click on the address book in
Mail to display it. Select the people you want to email in the Bcc:
line, either predefined group or individuals. Then _drag_ them directly
to the Bcc: line. No need to go through the Cc: line.

--Fred
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:24:18 -0500, Fred Moore wrote
(in article ):

>
> In article ,
> erilar wrote:
>> In article
>> ,
>> Matthew Lybanon wrote:
>>> In article ,
>>> Lewis wrote:
>>>> In article ,
>>>> John Varela wrote:
>>>>> Recently I set up a friend to use Mail (she had been using her ISP's
>>>>> godawful
>>>>> web site for mail), and the address book did *not* offer the Bcc option
>>>>> (10.4.10). I could not recall how I had gotten mine to offer the Bcc
>>>>> option.
>>>>
>>>> You have to turn on the Bcc field in the compsoition headers. Think
>>>> that's all there is to it.
>>>
>>> Bcc: is turned on. When I open a new composition window, the Bcc: slot
>>> shows up. But when I click the Address Book icon I only get To: and Cc:.
>
> Unfortunately, that's just the way it is.

But it's not. I'm telling you that my Address Book offers To:, Cc:, and
Bcc:. Unfortunately, I cannot for the life of me figure out how I got it
configured that way.

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John Varela
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In article ,
John Varela wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:24:18 -0500, Fred Moore wrote
> (in article ):
> >>>
> >>> Bcc: is turned on. When I open a new composition window, the Bcc: slot
> >>> shows up. But when I click the Address Book icon I only get To: and Cc:.
> >
> > Unfortunately, that's just the way it is.
>
> But it's not. I'm telling you that my Address Book offers To:, Cc:, and
> Bcc:. Unfortunately, I cannot for the life of me figure out how I got it
> configured that way.

Well, I'd love to know too. Did you perhaps use some utility to produce
the Bcc: button and forgot about it? Something like Safari Enhancer, but
for Mail.app? I'm unaware of such a utility. I checked the plists for
Mail and Address Book and couldn't find a setting for this, though that
doesn't mean one couldn't add a setting if you knew what to add.

--Fred
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In article ,
John Varela wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:24:18 -0500, Fred Moore wrote
> (in article ):
>
> >
> > In article ,
> > erilar wrote:
> >> In article
> >> ,
> >> Matthew Lybanon wrote:
> >>> In article ,
> >>> Lewis wrote:
> >>>> In article ,
> >>>> John Varela wrote:
> >>>>> Recently I set up a friend to use Mail (she had been using her ISP's
> >>>>> godawful
> >>>>> web site for mail), and the address book did *not* offer the Bcc option
> >>>>> (10.4.10). I could not recall how I had gotten mine to offer the Bcc
> >>>>> option.
> >>>>
> >>>> You have to turn on the Bcc field in the compsoition headers. Think
> >>>> that's all there is to it.
> >>>
> >>> Bcc: is turned on. When I open a new composition window, the Bcc: slot
> >>> shows up. But when I click the Address Book icon I only get To: and Cc:.
> >
> > Unfortunately, that's just the way it is.
>
> But it's not. I'm telling you that my Address Book offers To:, Cc:, and
> Bcc:. Unfortunately, I cannot for the life of me figure out how I got it
> configured that way.

Mine too. Like John, I don't remember doing anything specific, beyond
setting Mail to BccSelf and ShowBccHeader to "true" in
com.apple.mail.plist.

--
Tom Stiller

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In article ,
Tom Stiller wrote:

> In article ,
> John Varela wrote:
> > But it's not. I'm telling you that my Address Book offers To:, Cc:, and
> > Bcc:. Unfortunately, I cannot for the life of me figure out how I got it
> > configured that way.
>
> Mine too. Like John, I don't remember doing anything specific, beyond
> setting Mail to BccSelf and ShowBccHeader to "true" in
> com.apple.mail.plist.

Hmmm. I already am showing the Bcc: line, but not the BccSelf; so I set
that. Still no Bcc: button in the Address Book window within Mail. Very
curious because this is a button worth having.

--fred
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:11:48 -0500, Fred Moore wrote
(in article ):

> Did you perhaps use some utility to produce the Bcc: button and forgot about
> it?

That's a good question. The only tool I can think of that might have done it
is Tinker Tool; I just checked and that's not one of the things it does.

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John Varela
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In article ,
John Varela wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:11:48 -0500, Fred Moore wrote
> (in article ):
>
> > Did you perhaps use some utility to produce the Bcc: button and forgot
> > about
> > it?
>
> That's a good question. The only tool I can think of that might have done it
> is Tinker Tool; I just checked and that's not one of the things it does.

I've never configured my Mail to use the Bcc option or even tried the
built-in address panel from Mail.

I enabled the Bcc field from a new message and then clicked on the
address icon. I see the Bcc: button on the address panel.

I disabled the Bcc field and the address panel still gives me the
option. It adds the Bcc field only for that message.

BTW, I'm running Leopard 10.5.2 and it was archive installed over 10.4.x.

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Brian Hughes
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