[iyonix-support] Re: [PlutoUsers] Re: Pluto query: send to all?

  • From: charles <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, plutousers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:45:33 +0000 (GMT)

In article <50e071d588thekennels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Bill ZFC <thekennels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <50e05c1128roger.hird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>    Roger Hird <roger.hird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In article <50e0570c44barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >    Barry E Allen <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Pardon my pedantry but you appear to have mistyped or misspelled
> > > 'disappeard'

> > You really must draw a distinction between misspelling and
> > mistyping - but I still think I'm right on the origins of "cc".

> ..here,

> cc  = carbon copy (to ..name)
> ccs = carbon copies in the plural (to ..names or list name(s).

> bcc = peculiarly email? 
> bcc = an abomination, or perhaps an insult, as the recepient has no idea
> to whom, if any, a copy(ies) of perhaps private and personal
> correspondence has been forwarded. Any 'legal' expectation of
> confidentiality may have been effectively waived from the outset. 

as I understood the usage, if you were cc'd on a letter you might be expect
to comment, bc's were for information only.

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