OLEXP: Invalid Error Message When You Send an E-mail Message to Only a Bcc Recipient (250692)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 98 SP 2
Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 1
Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 2
Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q250692

For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express

SYMPTOMS

When you type the recipient's name in the Bcc field of an e-mail message without typing any recipients in the To field or in the Cc field, you may receive the following error message when you try to send the e-mail message:

Received message is not replicable.
Looking at the Headers you will note the following:
To: <Undisclosed Recipients>

NOTE: The error message does not comply with the Request for Comments (RFC) standards for the To field.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, you must upgrade to Microsoft Outlook Express 5.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The correct error message for this problem is:

Received message is not replicable.
Looking at the Headers you will note the following:
To: <Undisclosed-Recipients:;>

NOTE: If you compose a new message and do not see the Bcc field, click All Headers on the View menu.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	11/25/2003
Keywords:	kbbug kbfix KB250692