You can send e-mail to more than one person at ‘CC’, ‘BCC’ and ‘To’. But what do the recipients see with the options? When do you use which entry field?
Email to multiple people
E-mailing to a group is very useful. Sending the same message multiple times is no longer necessary and you can decide for yourself whether the recipients see each other’s addresses. It is therefore important for the privacy of the recipients, among other things, to know when it is best to use ‘To’, ‘CC’ or ‘BCC’.
When CC or BCC?
But when is the best time to use which input field? We give an overview:
To: Primary Recipients Email
After ‘To’, write the main recipient(s) of the email, for example the people from whom you expect a response. If you have many addressees, then move to ‘BCC’.
CC: copy for information
E-mail addresses after ‘CC’ will receive a copy of the e-mail. Put here the people who need to be aware of the content of the e-mail, but to whom you do not necessarily need a response. Recipients can see the addresses listed here and possibly reply to all listed addresses. So only use this option if you have agreed with the recipients.
BCC: Hide other recipients
With ‘BCC’ you send a blind copy. Recipients see that you are the sender, but they do not see that the e-mail has also been sent to others or to whom. Handy if the recipients don’t know each other. If recipients want to reply to the mail, only the sender will receive that message. Also use ‘BCC’ if the group of recipients is large. If you set them all to ‘On’, then the addresses are also all available to any spam distributors in the recipient group.
Turn on BCC and CC
The entry fields ‘CC’ and ‘BCC’ are not always visible in all e-mail programs. Find out where to find them in the tip ‘Use BCC in email’.