In <42614997(_dot_)20040827015432(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com> Bill McQuillan
<McQuilWP(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com> writes:
Since the existing To: and CC: fields are treated nearly identically by
the mail system and are basically just used to designate the "primary" and
"secondary" recipients of the message to the human readers, I do not think
that there needs to be yet two more classes of recipients. Instead, I
think that a single "tertiary" recipient class which is intended not to be
bothered by subsequent exchanges can be designated.
Not altogether facitiously, I propose to extend the sensory deprivation
metaphor of Blind Carbon Copy (BCC:) to Deaf Carbon Copy (DCC:) for this
tertiary class since follow-on messages in the conversation will not be
"heard" by them. ;-)
Yes, I rather like this, in principle, though a better name for the header
is needed.
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