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Blind Carbon Copy, or BCC, is a little known aid in writing professional looking and etiquette-wise emails to multiple individuals.

Quite simply, Blind Carbon Copy ("Bcc:") is a replacement for Carbon Copy ("Cc:") and multiple "To:" entries that prevents each of the recipients from seeing the other recipient addresses that the email was sent to.

Now, on occasion, you want to use CC so that the recipient of your email is aware that someone else was sent the information also; whether as an implied threat (cc: your supervisor) or to let the recipient know that a mutual correspondent has the information also - no need for them to forward it on. I would dare say that most times, however, that is not the optimal solution.

Here are 4 reasons to use Blind Carbon Copy

A given recipient may not want his/her email address given out to others. This can be for privacy, which they are entitled to, or as a preventative means of reducing their own spam received. (See my article titled "SPAM - 7 Steps to Prevent SPAM".)

Early e-letter writers had a habit of putting everyone's address in either the "to:" or "cc:" field. Everyone then saw everyone else's address. I know a banker who did this once and had several recipients call his boss demanding his termination (he kept his job but offered an apology). I saw some very interesting names in this list; and I had the opportunity - which I did NOT take - to record their email address.

Conflicting personalities and interests. Either you or a recipient may not want everyone on the list to know there is an affiliation between two or more of the other parties in the recipient list. This might be for business purposes or personal relationships.

Increase readability. Having 10, 20, 30 or more email addresses listed takes more space on the screen when viewing, looks unprofessional, and takes a lot more space if anyone forwards the email without using my advice from my article "Email Etiquette - Making YOU Look Good" to remove to/from info from any forwarded email.

Makes you look like a pro. Even if you are indifferent of others' privacy preference, do it for yourself. It's polite, professional and makes you look good. It could even save your job!

Hopefully you are convinced that Blind Carbon Copy is a tool you should use at least some of the time.

Here is HOW to use Blind Carbon Copy

First, address the email to yourself. A blank "To:" field might work also, but some servers will view such an email as spam (same goes for a blank subject). And resist the desire to put multiple addresses in the "To:" field unless you KNOW that they all correspond with each other currently,Chronoswiss replica, and it will NOT cause any problems among the recipients. Even then, "Bcc:" is just safer.

Second, bypass the "Cc:" field and choose "Bcc". Here's how in three popular email programs:

Outlook - Select "View" from the menu, then click "BCC Field".

Outlook Express - Select "View" from the menu, then select "All Headers".

Thunderbird - Click the dropdown arrow where it says "To:" and select "Bcc:" instead. With Thunderbird, I believe it's Ok to skip the "To:" entry as Thunderbird will fill in with "". If you don't want anyone to know that multiple addresses were included, just put your own email address in the "To:" field and just indicate that this is your normal procedure if anyone asks.

Finally, type in a meaningful subject and create the email as you would any other. Click send and they're off.

Easy enough, isn't it? I suggest making Blind Carbon Copy the standard method of sending emails and only using regular Carbon Copy when that's really what you want; and rarely, if ever, using multiple "To:" entries.

Look like a pro, feel like a pro, and avoid potential problems with this valuable email technique.