Outlook Express – Showing the Bcc: Address Line

Reader Frank Lepiane wrote to ask about a problem he was having with Outlook Express:

When clicking the ‘Write mail’ tab in OE, is there a way to get the ‘Bcc’ line to open as well as the ‘Cc’ and ‘To’ line each time by default?
thanks,
Frank

I did some checking in Outlook Express and saw that the Bcc address line was hidden by default (I don’t normally use Outlook Express — I use Eudora.).

After some experimentation, I found that this process worked for me with Outlook Express 6 (XP SP2):

1. close Outlook Express
2. open Outlook Express
3. click on Create Mail
4. in the New Message window, click on View, then All Headers
5. click the X (top right of the New Message window) to close the blank email
6. close Outlook Express

Now, when you open OE and click Create Mail, it should show To, Cc, Bcc and Subject.