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[Maverick54]

my friend ask me how many fields can you use in email i dont understand it thats why im asking here.would anyone know about this?
And all i have to say here is that i am very glad i found this page i love it and all the help you get here thank you all very much.

[BigGeek02]

I'm not sure I understand the question either, but I'll do my best. In e-mail, the only fields I know of are TO:, CC:, SUBJECT:, and the actual message itself. Obviously the TO: is where you put the address (user@host.ocm) of the person you are sending the e-mail to. CC: stands for carbon-copy which is used if you want to send a duplicate of the e-mail to a different account w/o the address you put in the CC: showing up on the mail message. The subject: is for the subject and the body is where you type the message. If he meant how many people can you send a message to at once (ie: more than one name in the TO: field) that number is unlimited to the best of my knowledge. Hope I helped.

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[Paleo Pete]

I think that pretty much covers it, and you can use all of those fields you wish, the only one absolutely required is an address to send it to.

And before you say it...

No, nothing in the message field is required, you can certainly send out empty emails. You won't have many friends left before long, but you can send them... http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

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[Maverick54]

Thank you for your help i didt understand it either so i thought i would ask the best thank you all again for being here for us.
john

[sea69]

Actually, it seems to me that a "Field" qualifies as: an area where data can be entered/manipulated by the user. In the case of an email there are in my mind (4) fields.

#1) To:

#2) Cc:

#3) Bcc: ( enter through address book) http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif

#4) Subject:

According to techweb (http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm?term=FIELD&exact=1) " Field: A physical unit of data that is one or more bytes in size. A collection of fields make up a record. A field also defines a unit of data on a source document, screen or report. Examples of fields are NAME, ADDRESS, QUANTITY, and AMOUNT DUE.

The field is a common denominator between the user and the computer. When you interactively query and update your database, you reference your data by field name."

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ok...so now what ??



[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 01-28-2001).]

[khensonm]

I think Paleo Pete summarized it well. You can have as many fields as you want, but the only required one is "To:" (sometimes even serves as a delimiter in mailboxes).

Of course, it depends on the mailer and the protocol (e.g., SMTP, POP3). We used to write our own SMTP clients, and the SMTP server wanted to know the machine address of the client, the destination (username), and the message (which could be empty -- some protocols require the last line to be "." to indicate "end of message"). To deliver the mail, it needs only "To:" There is also a "Data" field, but the user usually doesn't see it.

There are also some other fields that you may or may not see in e-mails. These include Reply-To (fairly common), max hops (how many times it can bounce back and forth before it dies), priority, and boolean (TRUE/FALSE) fields such as "Receipt upon opening" (sends a return message letting the sender know that the mail has been opened) and "Encrypted." Not all of these are visible to the user, and many are filled in via checkboxes in a dialogue (e.g., Lotus Notes).

I guess the answer to the question depends on what Maverick54's friend is really trying to find out.

[Shi]

should also be noted that To: is from typing in or address book, CC http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gifcarbo copy to)will show all addresses cc'd to all addresses in CC: or To:, and come from the same inputs, and BCC http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gifblind carbon copy to), in which the only addy in this field will be the user who actually received it.

To: joe @ joe.com
CC: joes_sis@joe.com
BCC:joes_mistress@joe.com

in this examply joe and his sis will know only about each other receiving the mail, and his mistress will know about all three receivers.
i know this wasn't really asked but it was partially explained, so i thought it should get more clarification.

[Maverick54]

thank you all for your help on this matter it really came in handy. I love this place and the people here you are all great thank you for being here.

[Maverick54]

thank you all for your help on this matter it really came in handy. I love this place and the people here you are all great thank you for being here.