Windows 10: Thunderbird Email Problem

Every time I send email with Thunderbird I put multiple recipients in the Bcc: section and no one in the To: section and that is what is shown. However, when the people I'm sending it to get the email everyone is in the To: line and they can see everyone else's email address. Is there a fix for this, or did I set something wrong in Thunderbird?

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Windows 10 compatibility with Firefox and Thunderbird for incoming and outgoing email.

I have been using Windows 10 for approx. a year with no issues re email compatibility between Windows and Thunderbird re email, however recently I am unable to send or forward any email using Thunderbird. There is no problem with incoming, just an outgoing
issue. Any suggestions?

 

Windows 10 Mail - Will Send But Won't Recieve (Sync)

A lot of users are complaining about it. Could you isolate the problem by setting up your account in another mail client such as Mozilla Thunderbird?

Thunderbird — Software made to make email easier. — Mozilla

Thunderbird — Software made to make email easier.

 

Don't use Thunderbird but what happens if you enter your own email address in the To section & then put the multiple recipients in the BCC section?

 

We all end up on the "To:" line
And another thing, it always puts two send emails in the send folder, /?

 

Don't worry about it. It only sends one email. As far as the to line, are you sure it is showing to others? The reason I ask, it will show you the bcc emails even in the sent folder for your benefit. Doctor9fan is correct, you need a least one email in the to section. So, just add your own email.


Here is some info on BCC.

BCC - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

 

Hi, again:

In addition to excellent advice & KB link already offered....

Is this the same computer about which you reported Tbird problems a short time ago?
The reason I ask is that I recall your mentioning that you had been trying lots of fixes, including changes to "Manage Identities".
I wonder if that may have broken something in your settings/profile???

FWIW Each computer is unique, but I just tried it myself and could not reproduce the issue you are reporting now.

What I did:

• Compose an email from my main ISP account to several recipients (ISP, webmail and Exchange domains), all of whom were addressed as "BCC:" (in other words, there were no "To:" recipients and no ""CC:" recipients).

What I observed:

• Normal behavior: when the email arrived, there were no visible recipients in the header. All recipients were "blind".

So, I am not sure why you are seeing what you see.
It might possibly be a simple fix in the TBird settings, or it might not.
I do not want to provide specific advice, as I do not want to break things any more than they are.

If no one here has a good fix, you might want to consider heading over to forums.mozillazine.org.
It is arguably the largest, most active, most expert user-to-user community for all things Mozilla, including Thunderbird.
I'll bet someone there will be able to sort it out.

But perhaps someone here will have an idea first...
MM

 

Actually, at least in Thunderbird, one does NOT need to have at least one address in the "To:" section.*Wink
BCC - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

I just tried it myself with ONLY "BCC:" recipients and it worked fine.

But, that link to the mozillazine forum you provided is very helpful.*Smile

Cheers,
MM

 

Your correct. I know why I said that. Sometimes your internet service may block sending an email unless there is one email in the TO: section.

 

Perhaps. Good idea.
But that may not be directly related to the issue the OP reports?

If understand the issue correctly, the outgoing messages are not being blocked.
Rather, the "BCC:" recipients are being changed to "To:" recipients.
@evhid1: please tell us -- is the behavior you report today NEW? Or has it "always" been a problem?

If it is new, then it suggests a new problem in Thunderbird (probably somewhere in your account settings or preferences).

If is has never worked properly, then I suppose there could be an issue at the ISP level (although I doubt your ISP can silently change "BCC:" to "To:" in your outgoing messages.)

Thanks,
MM

 

This had always been a problem. The person that informed me of this sent me a text picture of his computer screen showing everyone in the "To:" line.
I didn't change anything in the "Manage Identities" , so I don't think that is the problem.
I use outlook.com web version and I sent email from that web site and there is no problem there.
It seems when I use Thunderbird to send emails that's when everyone ends up in the "To:" line, visible to all.
And to answer your first question, yes this is me!*Redface

P.S.
Went to forums.mozillazine.org and signed up, thanks for the tip

 

Went to the forums.mozillazine.org and as it turns out I'm not the only one having this problem. It seems that Microsoft has dropped some kind of mail handling in hotmail and outlook when using other then Microsoft products. As it sits now if there is enough complaints "maybe" they will fix it. But I'm not holding my breath. This "we must control everything" attitude of Microsoft is really getting bad.

 

Hi:

Interesting....

Do you have a link to your thread at the other forum?

Reason for asking:
I am using TB email client, my ISP accounts (sender and recipients) and web (gmail recipients) and Exchange (work domain recipients) accounts.
I do not see the behavior you report, perhaps because I am NOT using Outlook.com or Outlook or WLM or Hotmail or anything "MS", other than the Windows OS.

IOW, my "BCC:" works just fine from TB from my ISP account to multiple different recipients on different types of domains, with nothing MS-related.
And I just sent an outbound message from my Gmail account in TB to the same recipients, all "BCC:" and it works fine there, too.
I haven't tested this on my Win7 boxes, but I do not expect to see a problem.

Bottom line for me: Tbird sends "BCC:" messages without issue from my ISP account and from my gmail account. "BCC:" stays "BCC:".

Therefore, the problem must be with the type of account you are using to send the outgoing "BCC:" messages???

So I guess a cumbersome workaround for you might be to change to an ISP account or a webmail account (such as gmail) for your outgoing messages?
Either that, or I am having a total "senior" moment and do not understand the underlying problem (which is entirely possible).*chuckle

Cheers,
MM

 

Yes, it seems only because of using hotmail or outlook, below are the three threads I read:
1. Bcc addresses shown as mozillaZine Forums
2. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/o...fcf42a6?auth=1
3. Bcc to myself with Hotmail account is not working anymore after upgrading to Thunderbird 45.1.1 | Thunderbird Support Forum | Mozilla Support

 

I do not want to change from outlook.com to my gmail.com account because I would have to inform my entire address book ( who I just got to remember to use outlook instead of hotmail because Microfrickingsoft screwed my hotmail account up) to change back. But I just may have to take your advise and start using my gmail account.