What is a Bcc recipient?

If you add a recipient's name to the Bcc (blind carbon copy) box in an email message, a copy of the message is sent to the recipient that you specify. Any recipients added to the Bcc box will not be shown to any other recipients who receive the message.

What happens when you BCC someone?

BCC, which stands for blind carbon copy, allows you to hide recipients in email messages. Addresses in the To: field and the CC: (carbon copy) field appear in messages, but users cannot see addresses of anyone you included in the BCC: field.

Does a BCC recipient know they are BCC?

As you know, recipients can't tell who you included in the BCC field, or even if you used the BCC field at all. But that doesn't mean you can't. To see who you BCC'd in a previous email, just open the Sent mail folder and open the message. You'll see the BCC field preserved for future reference.

What does recipient of BCC see?

BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. Normally when you send an email, recipients can see who else received the email because they can see the To and CC fields. But they cannot see the BCC field which means that if you BCC someone on an email, the other people who received the same email will not know.

Do BCC recipients get the email?

When you place email addresses in the BCC field of a message, those addresses are invisible to the recipients of the email. Conversely, any email addresses that you place in the To field or the CC field are visible to everyone who receives the message.

English for Emails: Cc and Bcc explained

When should you use BCC in an email?

If you are sending an impersonal email or one with a large mailing list, use the “Bcc.” You want to protect the privacy of recipients who don't know each other, use “Bcc.” If you want to share an email with someone secretly, use “Bcc”, but exercise ethical discretion when doing so.

How do I send an email to multiple recipients without them knowing?

To send emails to small groups where everybody knows each other, use the Cc field. Enter all of the addresses there, separated by commas. To hide addresses, use the Bcc field, just like the Cc field. No one will be able to see the addresses added in this field.

Why you should not use BCC?

Even those who know how to use it correctly sometimes avoid it altogether. Some people still have a negative connotation of the Bcc field. Viewing it as a sneaky or underhanded way to create a paper trail, one that obstructs transparency and violates trust.

How can I tell if an email was BCC?

If you're the recipient of a message, you can't see whether the sender added Bcc recipients. Only the sender of a message can see the names of Bcc recipients by opening a message in the Sent Items folder where all sent messages are stored by default. In the Sent Items folder, open the message that you sent.

How do you see who was BCC on an email I sent?

Do BCC emails go to spam?

Your sales/marketing emails will probably get caught in SPAM filters: Stuffing the TO/CC/BCC field with email addresses makes your email look like spam and it might be caught by the SPAM filters, which means your recipients might never receive your email about an important announcement/sale/event etc.

Can BCC be hacked?

Yes, you are right, of course, that the sender can see it, what I want to know is whether someone hacking the recipient's mail accounts can get access to the BCC. To this the answer is simple: the hacker can do and see anything the the hacked person can but he can't do more then that.

Can I BCC everyone without a recipient?

You can put any addresses you like in the “To” or “Cc” fields along with any you put in the “Bcc” field. Just remember that only the addresses in the “Bcc” field are hidden from recipients. You can also leave the “To” or “Cc” fields blank and just sent the message to the addresses in the “Bcc” field.

How do you use BCC correctly?

Is BCC secure?

The BCC addresses, while not visible to the individual recipients, are visible to people eavesdropping on the message during transmission. Therefore, BCC is not secure enough to hide the recipient information in a way that is sufficient for HIPAA compliance.

Is there a way to find out undisclosed recipients?

Many email programs simply strip that information off before it is actually placed in your sent mail. In other words, there's no way to find out who you bcc'ed on an outgoing email in some email programs. The bottom line is to simply take a look at the message in your Sent folder.

When sending an email what does BB mean?

Bcc stands for blind carbon copy which is similar to that of Cc except that the Email address of the recipients specified in this field do not appear in the received message header and the recipients in the To or Cc fields will not know that a copy sent to these address.

How do I send a mass email individually?

Open Gmail and sign in. Open a new email and write the message you intend to send to your contact list. Click BCC in the top-right of your Compose window. Add all the email addresses to which you intend to send the message.

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Can someone hack your email with just your email address?

Can someone hack your email with just your email address? If a hacker knows your email address, they can use a variety of email hacking techniques to crack it. They can send you phishing emails or try to crack your password.

Can someone hack my bank account with my email address?

It's also possible hackers could use your email account to gain access to your bank account or credit card information, draining funds from an account, or racking up charges. They might even use your email and password to sign up for online sites and services, sticking you with monthly fees in the process.

Should I delete my email if it was hacked?

If you have been hacked several times and your email provider isn't mitigating the amount of spam you are receiving, then consider starting afresh but don't delete your email address! Many experts do warn against deleting email accounts as most email providers will recycle your old email address.

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