what is bcc

1. What is BCC in an email?
2. Is BCC really hidden?
3. What happens when you BCC someone?
4. What is the purpose of BCC?
5. What happens if someone replies to a BCC email?
6. How can you tell if someone is BCC on an email?
7. Do BCC recipients see each other?
8. How many recipients we can add in BCC?
9. Can BCC recipients see replies?

What is BCC in an email?

Bcc stands for blind carbon copy which is similar to that of Cc except that the Email address of the recipients specified in this field do not appear in the received message header and the recipients in the To or Cc fields will not know that a copy sent to these address.

Is BCC really hidden?

BCC stands for “blind carbon copy.” Unlike with CC, no one but the sender can see the list of BCC recipients. ... However, the BCC list is secret—no one can see this list except the sender. If a person is on the BCC list, they'll see only their own email on the BCC list.

What happens when you BCC someone?

When you place email addresses in the BCC field of a message, those addresses are invisible to the recipients of the email. Conversely, any email addresses that you place in the To field or the CC field are visible to everyone who receives the message.

What is the purpose of BCC?

BCC, which stands for blind carbon copy, allows you to hide recipients in email messages. Addresses in the To: field and the CC: (carbon copy) field appear in messages, but users cannot see addresses of anyone you included in the BCC: field.

What happens if someone replies to a BCC email?

So if you reply to a BCC, your mailer has no idea who, if anyone, was BCC'd on that email, so it can't send them copies. The whole point of BCC is that there is no record of who got BCC'd in any of the copies of the email that are delivered.

How can you tell if someone is BCC on an email?

As you know, recipients can't tell who you included in the BCC field, or even if you used the BCC field at all. But that doesn't mean you can't. To see who you BCC'd in a previous email, just open the Sent mail folder and open the message. You'll see the BCC field preserved for future reference.

Do BCC recipients see each other?

Nope! BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. Recipients will see who sent the email and that they've been BCC'd but will not see who else, including any CC'd recipients received the same email. ... When you place email addresses in the BCC: field of a message, those addresses are invisibleto the recipients of the email.

How many recipients we can add in BCC?

The Outlook recipient limit for a single email is 500 people. This restricts the To, Cc, and Outlook Bcc limit. The maximum number of email addresses you can put in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields is 500.

Can BCC recipients see replies?

Comments: One Response to “Replying To an Email That May Have a Bcc In It, Who Sees My Reply?” The short answer: No. When you get an email that has been BCCed to others, the email does not contain the information about those BCCed people.