You have probably received e-mail messages with an extremely long list of names of the others who also received copies of the message in the header. The only way to read the message is to scroll past that long header to get to the message. When a recipient replies to the message by selecting Reply to all, that message is then sent to everyone on the list. Sometimes you may not want the recipients to know to whom you sent the message. Blind carbon copy (Bcc) allows you to “hide” the names of other recipients. When you send a message with names in the Bcc field, those names are hidden from view on the outgoing message to the recipients in the To and Cc fields. Bcc is a great way to simplify your messaging and keep e-mail a little more private.
To send e-mail by Bcc
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Click the New Message button on the toolbar to start a new message.
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On the View menu, click Bcc field to display it on your message.
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Click the To button and select users individually. Then click Bcc and select the users to whom you want to copy the message. Click OK.
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In the Subject box type the subject as appropriate and then press Enter.
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Type in a message and then click Send.