[il-talk] Try using BCC for emails to il-talk

[CONCERNED CITIZENS OF PARATRANSIT]

Another good idea is to copy only the message past the e-mail list and paste 
it into a message.  Then no one's e-mail address is shown except the person 
sending it at that moment.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G. Robert Moore III" <gmoore3rd at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 2:33 AM
Subject: [il-talk] Try using BCC for emails to il-talk


> Hi everyone, i don't know if it is already protocol here at the il- talk 
> mailing list, but i would like to suggest that when we send,  forward, or 
> reply messages to il-talk, we use the option in all major  email service 
> providers called "Bcc". It means "blind carbon copy" and  when you put the 
> name or e-mail address of whoever you are sending an  email to into the 
> "Bcc" field rather than into the "To" field, their e- mail address won't 
> be shown to any of the other recepients who you are  sending the e-mail 
> to. I suggest this for 2reasons.
> First, all postings on il-talk (and a lot of mailing lists and other 
> forums on the internet) are openly accessible to anyone who knows  where 
> it is. For example, my post today which was forwarded from  another public 
> forum, can be directly accessed at this address: 
> http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/il-talk_nfbnet.org/2010-March/011182.html 
> So when google and other search engines eventually crawl over that  web 
> address, it will show up in any search result that anyone in the  world 
> seeks if they type in a name or word that is on that page.
> Secondly, when i skim through my il-talk digest, especially on my  phone, 
> all the "to's" and "from's" and other info that is not part of  the 
> message, make it hard to find the actual message in a long page.
> I don't want to sound like a pain, but that is my suggestion, but i AM 
> asking, not just suggesting, anyone who includes my name in anything  sent 
> to a public site, to always keep my info in the Bcc field.
> Thank you all
>
> -G. ROBERT MOORE III
> (from phone)
>
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