# hiding email

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-email/169418>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 17, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-email/169418 "2003-04-17T22:07:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-email/169418/1 "2003-04-17T22:07:54Z")

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All right. I have a hotmail email account. Is there any way I can send mail to a bunch of people, while hiding the names of the people that recieve the mail? Say its like 50 people, but I don’t want a huge block of names at the top of every letter. How do I do this?

If not hotmail, is thgere a free email service that I can use?

Thanks for the help.

-Chris

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-email/169418/2 "2003-04-17T22:16:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bigbabysweets2000 \*  
> **Is there any way I can send mail to a bunch of people, while hiding the names of the people that recieve the mail?**

Yes. Put all the email addresses in the Bcc (blind carbon copy) field.

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**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-email/169418/3 "2003-04-17T22:18:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Joe Random \*  
> \*\*Yes. Put all the email addresses in the Bcc (blind carbon copy) field. \*\*

Except put your own address in the To: field. You need at least one non-cc: recipient.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-email/169418/4 "2003-04-17T22:19:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Huerta88 \*  
> \*\*need at least one non-cc: recipient. \*\*

:smack: Quite right.

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**Author:** ![stypticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-email/169418/5 "2003-04-17T22:23:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bigbabysweets2000 \*  
> **If not hotmail, is thgere a free email service that I can use?**

I thought hotmail _was_ a free email service.

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**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-email/169418/6 "2003-04-17T22:24:41Z")

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If I am not mistaken you have to have some address in the to field as well. Most people just use their own.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-email/169418/7 "2003-04-18T02:38:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bigbabysweets2000 \*  
> If not hotmail, is thgere a free email service that I can use?

[Free Email Address Directory](http://www.emailaddresses.com/)