> From:
rupert.thurner@gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:56:03 +0200
> To:
wikimedia-gh@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikimedia-GH] when to use cc (carbon copy) and
bcc (blind carbon copy) on writing emails
>
> hi,
>
> emails can be sent "to" somebody, "cc" (carbon copy, no
action
> required from recipient), and "bcc" (blind carbon copy,
the recipient
> does not see who got the mail as a blind carbon copy).
>
> there is two ways of using bcc, one is considered quite
rude, and one
> i believe it was originally invented for:
>
> 1. the rude way
> i want to write to a person, and put you on bcc, so you
would get a
> copy of the email without the recipient is knowing of it.
this is
> considered _very_ rude, even dishonest, by quite a number
of people.
> please put persons openly on cc, and maybe even mention
why you put
> them there.
>
> 2. the good way
> i want to invite 50 person to a party, and i do not want
to disclose
> all the email addresses to everybody. so i put myself in
to, and
> everybody else in bcc. its clear for the recipient that
he was on bcc,
> and everybody else as well. so "bcc" is actually like
"to" - the
> recipient is required to do something.
>
> rupert
>
> ps: sorry to write off topic to this mailing list, but i
got a couple
> of emails bcc in the last months, and it is probably
better to state
> this openly.
>
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