Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:25:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at wsfa.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

dicconf <dicconf at radix.net> wrote:
> Amen.  But remember some mail programs don't show BCC: in the basic
> heading -- you have to call up "Rich Heading" or "Full Heading" or
> some such thing before they display "BCC" and a couple of other items.

Another problem is that some spam filters discard all email that
doesn't have the recipient's address, or the address of a list they
subscribed to, in the To: or Cc: field.

So I see nothing wrong with what Candy did, given that none of the
recipients is likely to sell the other addresses to spammers.  In
fact, I immediately added all of the CC addresses to my whitelist,
which now contains 11,660 names and addresses from whom I'll accept
email even if it isn't sent to my current disposable address.

The only other concerns about long CC lists, besides spammers, are:

* Message bloat.  A concern, but people who quote every line of every
  previous message in the thread, several levels deep, are bigger
  offenders.

* Privacy.  A concern when a message is addressed to "Dear AIDS
  patients," but not when it's addressed to potential Capclave
  members.