Friday, November 6, 2009

How do I hide the names of people I am sending an email to?

I want to be able to send emails to more than one person but do not want their names shown.

How do I hide the names of people I am sending an email to?
here it is , i guess........








Have you ever gotten a piece of email where you weren't listed as a recipient? Your email address wasn't present on either the "To:" line or the "Cc:" (Carbon Copy) line, but somehow you got it anyway. What you didn't see was what's called the "Blind Carbon Copy" line, or "Bcc:", which allows the sender to specify a list of people to get the message, without their name appearing on it.





Why "carbon", and what's this about it being "blind"?





The term "Carbon Copy" dates from the pre-photocopy typewriter days, where the way to make a second copy was to insert a sheet of carbon paper between two sheets of typewriter paper - when the typewriter struck an image of a letter on the top, it would also press an image through the carbon paper onto the second page.





In today's digital age, the term simply means any copy of a document or email sent to someone in addition to the primary recipient. It's common courtesy on business correspondence to let the recipient know who else is getting the document by listing them after a "Cc:" somewhere on the document. Email, of course does this automatically with the "Cc:" field into which you enter email addresses.





"Blind" simply means that someone else gets a copy, but they're not listed on the "Cc:" line as getting one.





Here's the rub: how you access the blind carbon copy function will depend on your email client. Look in the on-line help for "bcc" or "Blind Carbon Copy". In Outlook, there is a BCC field, that's simply not visible by default. When you compose a message, hit the View menu, and you'll find an item labeled Bcc field which will turn it on. In Outlook Express, hit the View menu while composing a message, and you'll see an item All Headers that does the same.





BCC can be a courtesy, if used correctly. If you're sending email to a large number of people, you can reduce the size of the message, and the "To:" or "Cc:" headers that people might have to wade through by BCCing your message to them. On the other hand, it can also be somewhat rude to BCC what someone might think is a personal message to others as well.





BCC. Use it responsibly.
Reply:Only if they don't use their real names. DUH!
Reply:Oh what tangled webs we weave
Reply:type the email address in BCC.. that means blind carbon copy
Reply:just hide theirs name in settings.


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