How to BCC in E-mail
Don't expose valuable business and personal e-mail addresses when sending messages to multiple recipients. Use the blind carbon copy, or BCC, which is simply proper netiquette.
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You Will Need
- An e-mail program
Steps
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Step 1
Start a new message
Click on new message in any e-mail program. The commands for showing or hiding the BCC field are available inside a new message window.
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Step 2
Find BCC feature in Outlook Express
Click View and then All Headers in Outlook Express if the BCC doesn’t appear in the header of your e-mail. It will be between the CC and Subject lines.
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Step 3
Find BCC in Outlook
Click View, and then click BCC Field to use this feature in Outlook.
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Step 4
Find in Gmail
In Gmail, click Compose Message, then Add BCC.
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Step 5
Use in AOL and Yahoo
Use the BCC feature in AOL by typing the addresses in parentheses in the Copy To box, separating each with a comma. In Yahoo, click the Add BCC button.
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Step 6
Use in Mac Mail
Click on the Customize icon to the left of the Subject line in Mac Mail and check the line that says BCC address field.
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Did you know? Many e-mail service providers have limits for the number of names allowed in the To, CC, and BCC fields combined.
