What is Cc in Email?
Cc in email means “Carbon copy”. The idea came from the days before electronic email. In those days if you are writing on a paper and want to automatically make a copy of the original copy, you placed a carbon copy between the 2 papers. When you write on the original paper, it automatically copied to the second paper – the second paper is called a Carbon copy (Cc). This idea was carried forward when electronic mails (emails) were created. A typical email has 3 address fields – To, Cc and Bcc. The Cc field is used to send a copy of the email to other people, other than the original recipient the email was intended for. However, any email address entered in the Cc field will be seen by all the email recipients.
What is Bcc in Email?
Bcc in email has the same concept as Cc – Bcc means “Blind carbon copy”. People in the Bcc field also receive the copy of the original email. However, unlike the Cc field, email addresses in the Bcc field are NOT visible to any of the email recipients. The addresses are effectively “hidden”. The only difference between Bcc and Cc fields is that emails in Bcc are “blind” copied. The “blind” copy only applies to the email addresses, not the content. Every recipient receives the email content. However, email addresses entered in the Bcc are NOT seen by any of the recipients.
When and How to Use Bcc and Cc
Following on from the explanations so far, use the Cc field under the following conditions: However, you may Bcc people under the following conditions: I hope this post was helpful to you. If it was, kindly spare 2 minutes to share your experience with our community at Itechguides Community Forum. Also, if you have any questions, comments, or feedback about this article, please also post them at Itechguides Community Forum. Our forum staff and other members will give you a response as soon as possible. Finally, for more Email tech Itechguides, visit our Email Tools Explained page. You may also find our Work from Home page very helpful.
