a carbon copy of a letter sent to someone other than the addressee, with no indication on the original letter that such a copy has been sent

An electronic mail header address field. The email message is sent to the addressees in this field in addition to the original recipient(s) in the To or CC fields without revealing the content of the BCC field to any of the recipients. This technique is frequently used for distribution lists in which the recipients should remain unaware of who else received the message.

See Also: Electronic Mail or Email.
Webnox Corporation. Blind Carbon Copy: Dictionary Entry and Meaning. [Online, 2003.] Webnox Corporation Website.http://www.hyperdictionary. com/computing/ blind+carbon+copy.

Answered by Sharad Singh , an ibibo Master, at 6:19 PM on September 25, 2008

BCC is a legacy of typewriter technology.

CC means carbon copy

BCC means blind carbon copy.

This means the people who get mail can see to who else the mail was sent to only in the CC fields.

The email ids in the BCC are not seen by the emailrecipients of CC and the To: email ids.

Answered by D K Kumarr at 10:25 AM on September 08, 2008

well, A method and system for generating e-mail transmissions to copied recipients for providing additional information determines when an e-mail user is sending carbon-copy and/or blind carbon-copy copies of an original e-mail transmission and provides a means for providing a second message containing commentary, explanation and/or clarification information. The copy list is scanned for copied recipients and depending on e-mail program settings, prompts the sender providing an option for generating an additional message in a new window wherein the sender may type additional text. A single additional message may be generated and sent to the copied recipients, individual additional messages may be generated and sent or a first additional message for the carbon-copied recipients and a second additional message for the blind-carbon-copied recipients may be generated and sent.

Answered by Nidhi Singh , an ibibo Master, at 11:27 AM on September 05, 2008

well, Cc: stands for ‘carbon copy’ and Bcc: stands for ‘Blind carbon copy’.

In email, the Cc: command is straightforward enough, as it says ‘send a copy of the message to an address other than the main recipient’ (the address that you place in the To: field).

So if you want to send a message to more than one recipient, at least one address will have to go in the To: field. The other addresses can also go in the To: field or they can go in the Cc: field. Everybody gets a copy of the message, and all recipients can see who else the message has been sent to.

Blind carbon copies are used to send a copy of an email to a recipient without any of the other recipients being aware that the Bcc’d recipient got a copy of the email.

Bcc says ‘send a copy to another address...but in this case, don’t indicate to the recipient that you sent this copy’. Most people consider this to be somewhat sneaky or unprofessional, not the least because Bcc is used prevalently in bulk email. The main recipient is the person sending the bulk mail, and all the other recipients are added to the Bcc list.

Like any other form of technological development though, it’s not the invention that’s at fault, but the people who use it in the wrong way. In fact, Bcc has some very good uses. One of these is in protecting the privacy of the individual recipients of your email. Imagine your friendly marriage counsellor sending Season’s Greetings at Christmas to all her clients using nothing but the Cc: field … not a good thing.

Another good use for Bcc is in the prevention of spam. Internet spam comes devoid of egg or chips. It’s unsolicited and often annoying emails sent to us by people to whom we’ve never been introduced but still find it appropriate to invade our privacy with the cyber version of junk-mail through a letter-box.

Answered by Romi , an ibibo Master, at 9:54 AM on September 05, 2008

well,Bcc means blind carbon copy in email.

Answered by Debashis , an ibibo Master, at 9:45 AM on September 05, 2008

well;
Definition: A Bcc (blind carbon copy) is a copy of an email message sent to a recipient whose email address does not appear in the message.

This is in contrast to To and Cc recipients, whose addresses do appear in the respective header lines. Every recipient of the message can see all the To and Cc recipients, but does not know about Bcc recipients.
Also Known As: Blind carbon copy

Answered by Kishore , an ibibo Master, at 8:09 AM on September 05, 2008

A Bcc (blind carbon copy) is a copy of an email message sent to a recipient whose email address

does not appear in the message.


This is in contrast to To and Cc recipients, whose addresses do appear in the respective header

lines. Every recipient of the message can see all the To and Cc recipients, but does not know

about Bcc recipients.


DEFINATION SOURCE SITE :http://email.about.com/od/ema ilbehindthescenes/g/bcc.htm

Answered by Sanya Tahir , an ibibo Master, at 10:14 PM on September 04, 2008

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BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. When sending an eMail if you mark a BCC, Blind copy recipients will receive a copy of the eMail you send. Other recipients (of which the names appear in the 'To" or "CC" field) however receive no information about blind copies. Only the sender and the blind copy recipient know that a blind copy was sent.

However if a recipient replies and chooses Reply to All, the blind copy recipient does not receive the reply.

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Answered by Suparna , an ibibo Master, at 7:01 PM on September 04, 2008

BCC is defined as-

A Bcc (blind carbon copy) is a copy of an email message sent to a recipient whose email address does not appear in the message.

(Blind Carbon Copy) The field in an e-mail header that names additional recipients for the message. It is similar to carbon copy (cc), but the names do not appear in the recipient's message. Not all e-mail systems support the bcc feature.

For example, it's one means of sending out a message to a large group without displaying the email addresses of all. That capacity is useful for a number of purposes, including maintaining privacy and avoiding large blocks of text devoted to addresses in the body of an email message.

Answered by Nagendra , an ibibo Master, at 6:36 PM on September 04, 2008

"Bcc" stands for "Blind carbon copy" which says: send a copy to another address...but in this case, don't indicate to the Fcc recipient that you also sent this copy.
Since today the term courtesy copy is sometimes used instead of carbon copy, Bcc can also stand for blind courtesy copy. However, it is sometimes considered impolite to use Bcc because not all recipients may be aware of everyone that will receive the message.

Answered by Anju Singh , an ibibo Master, at 5:26 PM on September 04, 2008