How to use Undisclosed Recipients in Outlook 2007

Have you ever noticed how nice and professional it looks when an email comes into your inbox that only shows “Undisclosed Recipients” in the To field? It looks nice but no one seems to know how to send like that. Well that is about to change!

Outlook 2007

• Click New Message
• Type Undisclosed Recipients followed by a space and your email address in braces (these things < >). See below for example. It is important to include your email address in braces after undisclosed recipients so that your email provider doesn’t see this as spam.

• Next, click on the Options tab in order to utilize blind carbon copy, or more commonly referred to as Bcc. Click the Show Bcc button in order to bring that option to your message.

• Enter the email addresses that you want to send this message to in the Bcc field.
• Enter the appropriate subject in the Subject field (You’ve made your email look professional with the undisclosed recipients options, don’t frustrate the people receiving your note by not including the ever important subject).
• Enter your text and send away.

Your recipients will be impressed with the Undisclosed Recipients option and happy that their personal email addresses are not being exposed to the entire Glenwood PTA. It only takes an extra minute to use this feature and it will keep your friends and associates happy because not only will they not have to worry about getting spammed as a result of your email, they won’t have to view everyone else’s email address on the message, which can mean scrolling through all of the visible email addresses when reading email on a smart phone, such a Blackberry or iPhone.