BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) allows you to send an email to recipients without revealing their email addresses to the other recipients.
Here's a breakdown of how it works:
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Adding Recipients: When composing an email, you'll see fields like "To," "CC," and "BCC." You enter the email addresses of the recipients you want to blind carbon copy into the "BCC" field.
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Sending the Email: When you send the email, your email server processes the message.
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Recipient View:
- "To" recipients: See the email addresses in the "To" and "CC" fields. They don't see the email addresses in the "BCC" field.
- "CC" recipients: See the email addresses in the "To" and "CC" fields. They don't see the email addresses in the "BCC" field.
- "BCC" recipients: Receive the email, but do not see the list of other recipients in either the "To," "CC," or "BCC" fields. They only see their own email address (or no address at all, depending on the email client).
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Privacy: The primary purpose of BCC is to protect the privacy of recipients. If you're sending an email to a large group of people who don't know each other, using BCC prevents their email addresses from being shared with everyone else.
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Example: Imagine you're sending an email to a group of potential customers. You would put your own email address in the "To" field (or leave it blank) and all of your customers' email addresses in the "BCC" field. This ensures that each customer receives the email without seeing the email addresses of the other customers.
In summary, BCC ensures that the recipients listed in that field receive a copy of the email, but their email addresses remain hidden from all other recipients, preserving their privacy.
