diff --git a/config_defaults_inc.php b/config_defaults_inc.php
index c93e1d4035..e2102ea08d 100644
--- a/config_defaults_inc.php
+++ b/config_defaults_inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	# See the README and LICENSE files for details
 
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
-	# $Id: config_defaults_inc.php,v 1.197 2004-08-14 15:26:20 thraxisp Exp $
+	# $Id: config_defaults_inc.php,v 1.198 2004-08-15 23:13:01 thraxisp Exp $
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -172,10 +172,6 @@
 	# the 'From: ' field in emails
 	$g_from_email			= 'noreply@example.com';
 
-	# the 'To: ' address all emails are sent.  This can be a mailing list or archive address.
-	# Actual users are emailed via the bcc: fields
-	$g_to_email				= 'nobody@example.com';
-
 	# the return address for bounced mail
 	$g_return_path_email	= 'admin@example.com';
 
@@ -261,9 +257,6 @@
 	# Note: some MTAs interpret X-Priority = 0 to mean 'Very Urgent'
 	$g_mail_priority		= 3;
 
-	# Set to OFF on Windows systems, as long as php-mail-function has its bcc-bug (~PHP 4.0.6)
-	$g_use_bcc				= ON;
-
 	# select the method to mail by:
 	# 0 - mail()
 	# 1 - sendmail
diff --git a/config_inc.php.sample b/config_inc.php.sample
index 1d648dbe8d..8f05757152 100644
--- a/config_inc.php.sample
+++ b/config_inc.php.sample
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	# See the README and LICENSE files for details
 
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
-	# $Id: config_inc.php.sample,v 1.12 2004-02-08 13:16:57 vboctor Exp $
+	# $Id: config_inc.php.sample,v 1.13 2004-08-15 23:13:02 thraxisp Exp $
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
 	
 	# This sample file contains the essential files that you MUST
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 	# the "From: " field in emails
 	$g_from_email           = 'noreply@example.com';
 
-	# the "To: " address all emails are sent.  This can be a mailing list or archive address.
-	# Actual users are emailed via the bcc: fields
-	$g_to_email             = 'nobody@example.com';
-
 	# the return address for bounced mail
 	$g_return_path_email    = 'admin@example.com';
 
diff --git a/core/email_api.php b/core/email_api.php
index 131c512cab..da25ab9b1d 100644
--- a/core/email_api.php
+++ b/core/email_api.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	# See the README and LICENSE files for details
 
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
-	# $Id: email_api.php,v 1.93 2004-08-15 22:21:53 thraxisp Exp $
+	# $Id: email_api.php,v 1.94 2004-08-15 23:13:02 thraxisp Exp $
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
 
 	$t_core_dir = dirname( __FILE__ ).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ function email_send( $p_recipient, $p_subject, $p_message, $p_header='', $p_cate
 		$t_message   = string_email_links( trim( $p_message ) );
 
 		# short-circuit if no recipient is defined
-		if ( is_blank( $p_recipient ) && ( OFF == config_get('use_bcc') ) ) {
+		if ( is_blank( $p_recipient ) ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git a/core/obsolete.php b/core/obsolete.php
index b7db200cfd..c29017da40 100644
--- a/core/obsolete.php
+++ b/core/obsolete.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	# See the README and LICENSE files for details
 
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
-	# $Id: obsolete.php,v 1.26 2004-08-03 13:47:48 vboctor Exp $
+	# $Id: obsolete.php,v 1.27 2004-08-15 23:13:02 thraxisp Exp $
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
 
 	### Obsolete API ###
@@ -86,12 +86,15 @@
 	config_obsolete( 'summary_pad', '' );
 
 	config_obsolete( 'show_project_in_title', '' );
-
+	
+# removed in 0.19
 	config_obsolete( 'hide_closed_default', 'hide_status_default' );
 
 	config_obsolete( 'close_bug_threshold', 'set_status_threshold' );
 	config_obsolete( 'reopen_bug_threshold', 'set_status_threshold' );
 	
 	config_obsolete( 'status_pulldown_enum_mask_string', '' );
+	config_obsolete( 'to_email', '' );
+	config_obsolete( 'use_bcc', '' );
 	
 ?>
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index f5ec2e60e3..0d3b68b814 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Mantis ChangeLog
 - 0003483: [upgrade] some admin users permissions not completly upgraded from 0.17.5 to 0.18.0 (thraxisp)
 - 0003877: [email] Upgrade to PHPMailer 1.72 (vboctor)
 - 0004147: [email] Receiving emails in foreign languages (thraxisp)
+- 0004107: [email] email w/o recipient sent (thraxisp)
 - 0002220: [installation] usage of consistent naming schema for images (vboctor)
 - 0003307: [installation] check.php always checks mail() rather than the config (thraxisp)
 - 0004163: [other] Unreadable error messages in some languages (vboctor)
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ Mantis ChangeLog
 - New Config:	font_per_captcha	- font name used to create the captcha image
 - New Config:	lost_password_feature - enable lost password feature
 - New Config:	max_lost_password_in_progress_count - Max. simultaneous requests of 'lost password'
+- Removed config option (to_mail): no longer required
+- Removed config option (use_bcc): no longer required
 - Updated German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, japanese_euc, japanese_sjis, Korean, Russian and japanese_utf8 language.
 - Added Slovene language.