Sending e-mail 101

[Waring, Kevin]

This question not only pertains to Outlook, but all e-mail programs alike.
When you're composing a new message, you have three fields in which you place
the e-mail address of the recipient(s). Besides the "To" field, for what
purposes are the other fields used, "Cc" and "Bcc"? I know that "Cc" stands
for 'carbon copy' and "Bcc" stands for 'blind carbon copy'. In an article
posted on the Internet, I read that "Bcc" is used when you're sending e-mail
to more than one person, but you conceal their e-mail identity by placing the
recipients' e-mail address into the "Bcc" field. Basically, with exception of
the "To" field, what purpose does each field serve and when is it appropriate
to use each?

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

BCC is used when you don't want to give away the addresses of recipients to
all the other recipients. CC is usually used for people that are getting the
item informationally but might not have to act on it.