Re: [EXIM] Bcc not disappearing

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Peter Radcliffe
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Bcc not disappearing
On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Peter Radcliffe wrote:

> It does seem to be that the MTA should remove the Bcc: when the
> message is sent to the primary recipients because otherwise the MUA
> would have to send two copies of the message to the MTA (one with the
> bcc: included and list recipients of the bcc and another copy without
> the bcc: and the recipients listed as the to: and cc: people).


But it is only the MUA that knows whether the user wants to leave the
Bcc in for the Bcc recipients. The RFC allows either action. And how can
the MTA tell which are the primary recipients? Answer: it has to look
inside the message. This isn't really what MTAs are about.

-- 
Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.



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