Yep, Walt, you're right; it can't be done. Just wanted to prove that to 
myself.

Many thanks for telling me about the "control F3" command; never knew that 
one.

John
KW4U

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: off topic maybe: Outlook Express question


> John -
>
> There is no way whatever to completely hide you originating (or From)
> address. It will always appear and all anyone has to do is mine the hidden
> headers to collect it. To demonstrate:
>
> 1. Open a list message from this or any other list.
> 2. If using Outlook Express, press Control+F3. Now, look at the full set 
> if
> headers, including the complete contents of the From field.
>
> It simply can't be done.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John McCann" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:28 PM
> Subject: Re: off topic maybe: Outlook Express question
>
>
> Hi Steve:
>
> It's not the "to" field I'm worried about, it's the "from" field. The "to"
> field here, for example, indicates: "for blind ham radio operators". From
> the edit screen (where I'm typing now), if I shift tab five times, I'll 
> get
> to a combo box listing my email accounts. The one indicated is my
> [log in to unmask] account, but I could arrow to another account, though 
> that
> would make this message undeliverable since it would then be coming from 
> an
> unsubscribed address.
>
> My point, though is that I don't see any way of suppressing the
> [log in to unmask] address from any message I would post to this list in 
> cases
> where I'm replying to a list message.
>
> Next up, let's see if I can suppress it when I initiate a message.
>
> John
> KW4U
>
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