Forwarding e-mail W/O Disclosing Previous Recipients
When I want to pass on text e-mail I copy & paste text into a new e-mail - that does not show previous recipients. However, when an e-mail has attachments - the copy and paste does not always work. I would like to forward all e-mails without disclosing previous recipients. I have looked in Mail Help & Preferences - if it is in there - I didn't "get it".
Thanks Bob61
"Redirect" is the same way, by the way. It is editable, just like "Forward". "Redirect" does not show up as part of the default toolbar set -- you have to go under Mail's menubar to View > Customize Toolbar to add Redirect icon to your toolbar. If not familiar with it, "redirect" retains original sender info when recipient receives it -- although both long and short header info in recipient's received message indicates it as a redirect from your account.
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Edit: I should probably mention that this was a clean install of Mountain Lion rather than an upgrade.Hi,
I've encountered a problem following my recent upgrade to Mountain Lion.
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