Remove sender from recipients in distribution group

Question

When a member from our distribution groups sends an email to the group, that sender receives a copy of the email. How do we stop that?

I haven't been able to figure out how to do this in Rules.

We would like to remove the sender of the email from the recipient list.

Thanks for any help!

Tina

Answer 1

Hi have you tried this?

https://superuser.com/questions/615462/how-can-i-avoid-receiving-a-copy-of-an-email-i-send-to-an-exchange-distribution

Answer 2

Hi Andy,

Thank you for your response.

Yes, I have seen that post/article. I don't have Rules and Alerts. I also don't have the options that are listed in that post. Ack! I thought maybe it was because the post was from 9 years ago and Rules had changed. But maybe it is because I am on Mac? Is the interface different on Windows? I'm not sure.

The best workaround I could find so far is:

Create a Rule in Outlook

Add condition: If it's

From > Me

To > Distribution Group

Then,

Move to > Deleted Items

Thank you!!

Answer 3

Hi @Tina Black ,

Thanks for your feedback above which shared more information and glad to know that your issue is resolved now! Since our forum has the policy that The question author cannot accept their own answer. They can only accept answers by others, and according to the scenario introduced here: Answering your own questions on Microsoft Q&A

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Issue Symptom:

Remove sender from recipients in distribution group

Solution:

Create a Rule in Outlook

Add condition: If it's from > Me,

To > Distribution Group

Then Move to > Deleted Items

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