Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/5] Support for RollBall 10G copper SFP modules

Vladimir Oltean
2020-10-30T15:29:17Z

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 03:01:38PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> https://blog.thedigitalgroup.com/to-vs-cc-vs-bcc-how-to-use-them-correctly

I have to disagree about some of the information provided in this link:

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Using the BCC Field:

BCC is for Blind Carbon Copy. It sends copies of the email to multiple
recipients, the only difference being that none of the recipients are
made aware of who else has received the email.

The BCC field is used when you want to send an email to multiple
recipients but do not want any of them to know about the other people
you have sent them to. There can be many scenarios where the BCC field
might be used, and the purpose might be a desire to keep the names of
the recipients a secret to one another and also protect the privacy of
recipients.

The most common application is for sending an email to a long list of
people who do not know each other, such as mailing lists. This protects
the privacy of the recipients as they are not able to view each other’s
email addresses.
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It's plain stupid to put a mailing list in Bcc. I have filters that move
inbound emails from Inbox to separate folders based on the mailing list
from To: or CC:, except for emails where my address is also in To: or Cc:.
But when the mailing list is in Bcc, that email evades the filter and
arrives directly in my inbox, regardless of whether I'm even an intended
recipient or not.