Blind e-mails

[felieh]

Is there anything out there that would allow me to send an e-mail to a mailing list I have but allow me to enter a different e-mail address representing the sender (which would also be the same e-mail address returned e-mails would go to from those recipients that wish to respond to the e-mail)?

I guess this is sounding like a spam application for lack of better words but that's not my intent. I have a list that I need to e-mail to frequently and want to use an alias e-mail address for the sender.

[Katja]

Is there anything out there that would allow me to send an e-mail to a mailing list I have but allow me to enter a different e-mail address representing the sender (which would also be the same e-mail address returned e-mails would go to from those recipients that wish to respond to the e-mail)?

I guess this is sounding like a spam application for lack of better words but that's not my intent. I have a list that I need to e-mail to frequently and want to use an alias e-mail address for the sender.

Sure, but the solution depends on what you're using to send emails. If you have a client application (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc), look at setting up a new account or profile with the same SMTP server as your normal profile, but a different email address.

If you are using some sort of webmail interface, there's probably a way to do it as well, but it will depend on whose service it is.

[zagam]

You can and should hide multiple recipients with Bcc (these are used for RCPT TO:<>, but stripped from the message), but is illegal to hide the sender. If you want to stop automated bounces you can set an empty envelope sender (MAIL FROM:<>, Return-path: <>), but must use a valid From.

Your responsibilities are:


To identify yourself as the sender;
To not expose the recipients email addresses to other parties; and
To prove that those recipients have elected to receive the content.

Spam laws very from place to place and you get no sympathy if bad things happen after you have sent spam.

/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -f '<>' $(<recipients.list) <<__
Valid RFC 822, 2822 or 5322 message with sender here, but
You must remove Bccs from message this low level command
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