Well, I have determined that one additional factor is that the definition of "stake presidency" is different in the two contexts. In the "Send a Message" under leader and clerk resources, there are no assistant clerks listed (and I would guess that an assistant executive secretary is also omitted, but our stake doesn't have one, so that's just a guess). So if my analysis is correct, there would be at most 5 people listed (President, two counselors, stake clerk, and executive secretary). That list might be further reduced by people who have opted out or don't have an email address (but people in that category are specifically noted in a separate panel on Send a Message).zaneclark wrote:I just logged onto the directory using my wife's login information, and all the stake presidency email addresses were showing...... So back to the drawing board...
But in the Directory, the Leaders section includes all members of the Stake Presidency organization -- from looking at other organizations, I'm guessing it would even include people with custom callings in that organization. So when you email from the Leadership Directory, you get many more people included. What's more, the list of email addresses includes everyone with an email address, even those who have asked to hide it on the ward directory. That might make sense for privileged senders, such as stake presidency, bishoprics, and clerks. But I just discovered that this is true even when members with no special permissions (such as my wife) send email using the Leadership Directory. The private email addresses don't show in the Households section of the Directory, but they do show in the Leaders and Organizations section. That must certainly be unintended behavior!
So I don't know that I can completely explain why people see different lists, but I think we're getting closer. In every case I have examined in my stake, this does explain every difference I see between Send a Message from Leader and Clerk Resources, and Send Email from the Leadership Directory.