Mail to group reveals individual addresses

Hi,
I used to be able to send mail to a group, only the group name showing in the To: field. Now, when I try the same, as soon as I select the group in Address Book to go into the To: field in Apple Mail, it shows all the addresses in the group. When I type the name of the group in the To: field, sometimes it will show only the group name. After sending, however, the receiver can see all the individual addresses of the group.
Anyone else having this problem? Is this caused by a recent update? Is there a fix?
JB

Hi JB.
Go to Preferences > Composing and uncheck When sending to a group, show all member addresses.

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