How to send a Bcc email without an email address in "to" column; but it doesn't show an empty "To" in the recipient's email

To send a Bcc email without filling in the "To" field, you typically need to include at least one recipient in the "To" field to avoid sending an email with an empty "To". However, if you want to send an email where recipients' addresses are hidden, you can use the Bcc field to include multiple recipients without displaying their email addresses to each other.

In most email clients, including Outlook, if you leave the "To" field empty, it may result in an email being sent with an empty "To" field, which is generally not allowed. Therefore, a common workaround is to include a generic email address or a group name in the "To" field, while adding all the actual recipients in the Bcc field.

If you want to show a group name like "Student List" instead of individual email addresses, you would typically need to create a distribution list or a contact group in your email client. Then you can use that group name in the "To" field, while still adding individual email addresses in the Bcc field. This way, recipients will see the group name in the "To" field and not the individual addresses.

Please check your email client’s specific features for creating groups and managing Bcc settings, as these can vary between different versions and platforms.

Thanks for sharing the details, Miss! Try to use an Undisclosed Recipient Contact (cleanest fix)

This avoids showing a blank "To:" and does not reveal any email addresses.

Steps (Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo — all work):

• Create a new contact named exactly: Undisclosed Recipients
• Give it ANY valid email, even a throwaway or your own (it will never be seen by others). Example: undisclosed@example.com
• Put Undisclosed Recipients in the To: field.
• Put all real recipients in BCC.

What recipients will see:

To: Undisclosed Recipients

No empty To

No exposed emails

Looks professional

See if this helps. If you need further assistance just let me know.

Best regards,

Kimberly