From: rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:56:03 +0200 To: wikimedia-gh(a)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. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh

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. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh