Originally Posted by
gigi10
What is BCC?
Originally Posted by
QuiltnNan
BCC is blind copy, meaning that the recipient of the PM does not see that it was also sent to another person as well.
It depends on which recipient.
Say I wrote a PM/email with the following situation:
To: QuiltnNan, Anna.425
From: MTS
cc: valleyquiltermo, judykay
bcc: gigi10, ibadmin
The
To names will see all the
To and
cc names
The
cc names will see the
To and
cc names.
The
To and
cc names will not know that the
bcc names received a copy of this PM/email.
The
bcc names will see the all the
To and
cc names but only each ones own
bcc.
Each will not know that the other bcc names also received a copy of the PM/email.
My copy (
From) of the PM/email in my sent folder will show ALL the
To,
cc and
bcc names.
Here's more info:
http://email.about.com/od/emailnetiq...cc_and_bcc.htm
On a slightly related topic which would concern your regular email accounts - Just thought I'd pass this on:
I found out some really surprising info about bcc addresses few years ago.
The email message actually gets sent out with ALL the addresses (to:, cc:, bcc: ) attached. Something to do with SMTP protocol.
When it's gets to each recipient's mail server, then the other addresses are stripped out before being forwarded to individual mailboxes.
So technically, that individual email you received was sent to you with all the bcc addresses, but you never see them.
However, if a to: recipient had access to the mail server, it would be possible to view the bcc: addresses.
For 99% of the people who use bcc's, it is blind and works fine.
But in terms of legal, business and/or marital issues ;-) , you should just be aware there is a trail. And it is trackable. ;-)
I've never used it for "nefarious" purposes.
But I was really surprised - almost stunned - to learn that.
Especially when I think of some business emails that I've sent over the years.
Stopped that practice pretty quickly. ;-)