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When should you use the BCC field in email?
For security and privacy reasons, it is best to use the Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) feature when sending an email message to a large number of people. When you place email addresses in the BCC field of a message, those addresses are invisible to the recipients of the email.
Why would you send an email with BCC?
BCC helps protect the privacy of your secondary recipients by keeping those email addresses confidential. Alternatively, you can use it if you simply don’t want the recipients to know who else was added to the communication loop.
Is it bad to use BCC?
As a rule of thumb, if the number of recipients exceeds 30, then you should Bcc. The worst time to use Bcc is at work. It’s shady to lead someone to believe they are the only recipient of an email when they are not. In personal correspondence, a bad time to use Bcc is when sending an invitation to a party.
When should you Cc your manager?
Answer: Remember this essential rule: Only cc people when they must have or should have the information. Routine emails that should not typically include ccs are thank-yous, straightforward yes or no answers (unless everyone must know your answer), brief compliments, and “I don’t know” replies.
What happens when I BCC someone on an email?
The privacy of email addresses is protected in the original message. When an email is forwarded, the addresses of everyone in the To and CC fields are also forwarded along with the message. If you have placed a large list of recipients in the To or CC field, all of them will receive the reply.
Can I send emails only using BCC?
Only the original sender of the email can view the Bcc recipients. So, to keep maximum anonymity, put your email address in the To field and use Bcc for recipients. People in the Bcc field also don’t receive reply emails from To or Cc recipients, which is handy during a lengthy mail conversation if you don’t want to spam everyone’s inboxes.
How do you add BCC on email?
Create a new email message or reply to or forward an existing message. If the message you’re composing opens in a new window, select Options > Bcc. If the message you’re composing opens in the Reading Pane, select Bcc from the ribbon. In the Bcc box, add recipients, compose the message, and choose Send when done.
How many addresses can you email to in a BCC?
The maximum number of email addresses you can put in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields is 500. This means that if you wanted to send to a unique group of recipients for which you don’t have a distribution list, you would be limited to 500 recipients 1. Launch Outlook. From the Outlook ribbon, click the Home tab, then New Email.. 2.