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Why do most of the listings in my address book turn "red" when added as a BCC to an outgoing e-mail?

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To please the geek that set up this site, let me repeat the question I have already requested an answer to. When I send an e-mail to a number of people, I list each of them as "BCC". Some appear in the e-mail send to section in black characters but most appear in "red" characters. Why is that?

To please the geek that set up this site, let me repeat the question I have already requested an answer to. When I send an e-mail to a number of people, I list each of them as "BCC". Some appear in the e-mail send to section in black characters but most appear in "red" characters. Why is that?

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re: To please the geek that set up this site, let me repeat the question I have already requested an answer to. According to your Profile you have only asked this once. re: When I send an e-mail to a number of people, I list each of them as "BCC". Some appear in the e-mail send to section in black characters but most appear in "red" characters. Why is that?

As a general rule, if the email address font uses Black colour then the person is in your address book, if in red then the person is not in the address books.

However, having said that, there is a bug in version 31 + which can change some black to red coloured font even if in the address book. This bug has been reported. The red coloured font does not effect sending emails'; it is purely a visual issue.

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re: To please the geek that set up this site, let me repeat the question I have already requested an answer to. According to your Profile you have only asked this once. re: When I send an e-mail to a number of people, I list each of them as "BCC". Some appear in the e-mail send to section in black characters but most appear in "red" characters. Why is that?

As a general rule, if the email address font uses Black colour then the person is in your address book, if in red then the person is not in the address books.

However, having said that, there is a bug in version 31 + which can change some black to red coloured font even if in the address book. This bug has been reported. The red coloured font does not effect sending emails'; it is purely a visual issue.