Business Computing Tips

By K&K Fainges kfainges@...

In each email, you have the option to send emails to To: CC and BCC.
These headings come from the old days of actual carbon copies. CC
literally stands for carbon copy. And you are doing just that,
sending a copy to whoever you put in that space.

BCC stands for blind carbon copy. This means send a copy, but don't
let anyone else know you sent it. So why use BCC?

Ever received an email full of names that you have to scroll through
before you can read the actual message? BCC avoids this, hiding all
the names except the one in the to field. Sending out an email to
clients, you can put your own name in the To field and the clients'
in the BCC. This has the added benefit that you receive a copy of the
email to double check as well.

It also allows you to send emails to a bunch of people without giving
the the addresses of all your friends/clients. I use it frequently
when emailing jokes to friends. One of my friends is a Federal police
officer and obviously does not want his address to go out to others.
But he likes the jokes (I hope). BCC is the solution.

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Karen Fainges holds a Bachelor of Business, and a Grad. Cert of
Vocational and Educational Training. All this is nice but it's the 14
years of having to make sales or starve that makes her think she has
really learnt what does and doesn't work. A tutor for all ages, she
specialises in helping people get started on the long road to
technology.

"It has to be practical, it has to be cheap, and it has to work."