BCC in posting in newsgroups on OE6

How do I find/configure it? I wanted to post a message on a NG, then BCC a
few techie friends at the same time to get their input as well.

Thanks

MG


Oh, and no OE flames please.... leave flaming to the ones who know how to,
The Pier Queens of Christopher St. NYC

 

Reply to All then change the email address.

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Run OE6, Press F1 (for Help) , click Search tab , in the keywork field
type or cut/paste

bcc

Do the search, then the rest is easy simply follow the instructions on
how to view the bcc field.

Me

 

See the reply to your question from beenthere.

 

That will only serve to CC hir friends; reply to all for a newsgroup
message doesn't give access to the BCC field, only CC and Reply-To
fields.

If s/he configures to view all headers, it only enhances how the
newsgroup header is accessed, with the ability to add or change
newsgroups, followups, plus keywords and 'distribution' fields.

 

Beenthere sez use help on bcc. BCC works properly for mailonly
function. BCC doesn't appear to me to be accessible in newsgroup 'reply
to all' function in OE6 SP1. I don't have/use IE/OE6 SP2 for XP.

 

Oops, right. clicked wrong reply to :-( reply group newgroup doesn't
show BCC, it does Newsgroups, Followup-To, Cc, Reply-To, Distribution.

I guess it's the OE flame time then?

Or maybe, reply group for the newspost and then a Forward of the
outgoing message with the To/Bcc..

OP could get Forte Agent, it does as requested

Me

 

That's not a option in OE. If you want to use BCC, you need to either
start a separate e-mail and copy/paste the newsgroup text OR after
posting, view the message in the newsgroup and Forward it.

 

Forte looks nice, but there's a (monthly?( charge and I don't make USENET my
life....so

 

best idea I've heard so far, Thanks

 

For the news service, yes. Not for the software.

 

But it does, allow reply to post with BCC, it works with both email and
usenet.

As Evan said, it's the Forte newsservice that the monthly charge.
http://www.forteinc.com/apn/index.php

If you register the software you do pay the fee for that,
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php , there is a 3 month cap trial
of thier service just now. Otherwise you may be okay with the freeware
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php
version, oh well it's retired in the new V4.0 you may still be able to
get a v3.x download.


Me

 

Actually, what you want to do can't be done directly. Newsgroups and email
are two different things.
Even though both behave similarily, the difference lies mainly in the
headers. As a test though, post to a newsgroup, then bcc yourself and see
what happens.

 

Hmmm... that's not bad, I need to re-read that site. I already have a
news server that I can use (Road Runner)

Thanks...

 

"I’d like to begin a free 30-day trial of Agent

Select this option if you’d like to sample the full-featured version of
Agent (also known as Trialware) before making your final purchase
decision. Later on, if you purchase Agent, you can enter your
Registration Key with the menu option, Help | Enter Registration Key.
If at the end of the 30-day trial period you choose not to order a
registration key, you may read all messages that you have retrieved, but
all online commands will be disabled"

Hmmm....

 

They've changed then, I started using Agent at version .98 and there
has always been a freeware version available; guess till now.

 

mumbled incoherently in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

They discontinued Free Agent with the release of Agent 4.0, according to
their website. But I'm sure that one could find Free Agent available for
download somewhere.

 

(posting from msnews not USENET)

Initiate the post with Ctrl-Shift-R and end it with Send Later
--with the intention of editing the E-mail portion in the Outbox.
(E.g., Alt-F,W Alt-F,L assuming that leaves Work Offline set
and also assuming that automatic sending is not in effect
while Work Offline is set.)

Then switch to your Outbox or a Find window for its current contents.
(e.g. Ctrl-Shift-F,Alt-B,S,CursorUp Alt-c,F4,Enter,Enter)

and edit the E-mail portion. (E.g. open it then use View, All Headers
and do what you want in the BCC: header field.)

BTW this same procedure can be used to add some private comments
to the E-mail. (Just be sure that you're editing the E-mail portion then
and not the news message portion. <eg>)


FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
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