XFOR: Problem with BCC Line in Messages from AppleTalk Mail

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Exchange Server, mail sent from AppleTalk mail to Microsoft Exchange with recipients on the BCC line will display the blind copied recipients on the TO line in the Microsoft Exchange client.

This problem occurs when using either the Microsoft Exchange Connection or Microsoft Mail Connection 3.2 software.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Mail does not support BCC, so both the Microsoft Mail Connection version 3.2 and Exchange Connection get around this limitation by using a Microsoft Mail feature called "hidden recipient." Basically the Microsoft Mail client knows not to display blind copied recipients.

Because this is a Microsoft Mail feature that Microsoft Exchange does not support, the Microsoft Exchange client will display the blind copied recipients on the TO line.

The following note can be found in the "Microsoft Exchange Administrator's Guide:"

   Note: If you send messages using the BCC feature in MS Mail
   (AppleTalk) to Microsoft Exchange or MS Mail (PC) users,
   the information in the BCC line appears in the TO box
   when the message is received.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Exchange Administrator's Guide," Chapter 10, p. 315.