Comments on: Blind Carbon Copy (Bcc) a blessing and a curse, when do you use it?

By: Des Walsh

Des Walsh — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:13:47 +0000

sunti
I don’t know how you would do that. It would kind of defeat the purpose if you as a recipient could see the (other) BCC recipients listed.

By: sunti

sunti — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:27:15 +0000

How can one find out who the blind copy recipients were when I receive an e-mail?

By: Des Walsh

Des Walsh — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:54:24 +0000

Thanks Geek – never occurred to me that reply all would go to the whole bcc list, but that could be a recipe for serious embarrassment!

By: Geek

Geek — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:06:46 +0000

Just a quick note on the cya part….if someone replies ALL, the BCC gets the info to – be selective.
Example – you BCC your boss and CC the rest involved – your boss is a halfwit and replies ALL with an email directed for you only – youre screwed. Reply ALL will include the BCCs as well.

By: Des Walsh

Des Walsh — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:12:47 +0000

Bcc is very handy and when I see the dreaded mass list in CC I realise that some otherwise well-meaning friend has just shared my email address with a lot of strangers, some of whom I might not, given the choice, wish to have it.

Part of the problem however with BCC in a business context is that you typically get an email from John Smith to John Smith, ie it is and looks impersonal.

But there are people we all want to connect with from time to time as groups but for whom a ‘confirmed opt-in’ on an autoresponder system would not be appropriate. My solution to that has been to buy Group Mail 5, a one off purchase from http://www.infacta.com (no, I have no deal with them), which enables me to build lists and send personalised messages to the sort of people I used to do the BCC number for.