Bcc question & default email in address book group

2 questions (i use gmail imap through the mac mail application):
i sent an email with a large list of people in the bcc field. how do view the list of people who were blind copied?
i have smartgroups set up in my address book. i sent an email to a group prior to defining the default email for my contacts with multiple email addresses. which address did the email go to?
thanks for your help!

First make sure that there is a check next to the Bcc field in the "View" menu to indicate that it is active. Then go into your "Sent" folder and open the message. Click once in the Bcc field and you can scroll through the list with the arrow keys on the keyboard.
There are two ways to find out to which address you sent an E-mail. Open the sent message and click and hold on each of the individual names. A window will pop up and a check mark will be next to the default address for that person. You can also open the Address Panel, select the group, command-click on the addresses that you want (or just select them all) and the address that is highlighted is the default address for each person. Note: The second option will only work if you have not changed the default address for any of your contacts.

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