For privacy reasons, you may need to send an email to someone without showing the other recipients or vice-versa. These instructions are suitable for those who use Hotmail.
Steps
Step 1. Open "Contacts" and enter a new entry
Type "Reserved" (without the quotes) in the First Name box and "Recipients" in the Last Name box.
Step 2. If your e-mail program requires at least one e-mail address to be included in the "To" field, enter your address
Gmail doesn't require it. Otherwise, leave this field blank, unless there is a recipient you want to show everyone else.
Step 3. In some email programs, you will need to change "View As" to "Reserved Recipients"
Type "Reserved Recipients" (without quotes) or select this option when the box appears.
Step 4. Click on "Show Cc and Bcc" and type all the addresses you want to send an email to in the Bcc field
This abbreviation stands for "Hidden Carbon Copy" and will send a copy of the email to all addresses listed, but will not show their email address to other recipients.
Step 5. Complete your email and click "Send" when done
Advice
- The above procedure should work for most email services, but there is no guarantee.
- The "Reserved Recipients" message will be useless if you type their name (eg Dear XXX, ZZZ etc.) in the body of the message!
