From f5c3067acc6c1fb336d70b9d4ab38f4b3d17c79b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Burkhardt Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:27:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added documentation of "Dcc", per recent discussion on mailing list (main contributors Jerry Peek and Robert Elz) --- man/send.man | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/send.man b/man/send.man index 85b3164..65a5d1e 100644 --- a/man/send.man +++ b/man/send.man @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ send \- send a message .B Send will cause each of the specified files to be delivered to each of the destinations in the \*(lqTo:\*(rq, \*(lqcc:\*(rq, -\*(lqBcc:\*(rq, and \*(lqFcc:\*(rq fields of the message. If +\*(lqBcc:\*(rq, \*(lqDcc:\*(rq, and \*(lqFcc:\*(rq fields of the message. If .B send is re\-distributing a message, as invoked from .BR dist , @@ -195,6 +195,22 @@ delivery, and the \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message sent to sighted recipients. The blind recipients will receive an entirely new message with a minimal set of headers. Included in the body of the message will be a copy of the message sent to the sighted recipients. +.PP +If a \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field is encountered, its addresses will be used for +delivery, and the \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message. The +blind recipients will receive the same message sent to the sighted +recipients. *WARNING* Recipients listed in the \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field receive no +explicit indication that they have received a \*(lqblind copy\*(rq. +This can cause blind recipients to +inadvertently reply to all of the sighted recipients of the +original message, revealing that they received a blind copy. +On the other hand, since a normal reply to a message sent +via a \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field +will generate a reply only to the sender of the original message, +it takes extra effort in most mailers to reply to the included +message, and so would usually only be done deliberately, rather +than by accident. +.PP If .B \-filter .I filterfile -- 1.7.10.4