In article <50e5effeb0charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, charles <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In article <7f6fe3e550.Alan.Adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alan Adams > <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In message <50e096a76echarles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> charles > > <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> bcc = peculiarly email? > > Blind Carbon Copy. Not quite. cc. = copies to: <list of recipients> bcc. = blind copies to: <list of recipients> As was said by someone wise a few days ago, cc is like pp (pages). It indicates the plural of copy. Sometimes the list of recipients is just one name. > > It would typically be used to email all your clients without > > revealing their addresses to each other > and - well before the days of email it was used to keep other people > 'in the picture'. ..and the difference being that the mail's addressee, the primary recipient, knew who else was copied (cc) but did not know who had been 'blind copied' (bcc). This tradition has been continued with email from paper. If in an office you received a duplicate or carbon copy on yellow or green paper which probably had "bcc:" and your name written in longhand alongside, you were being sent a copy without the knowledge of the addressee. The file copy ('cc. filing cabinet' was a given) would show both printed cc. and handwritten bcc. At least, that's the system I used and taught. :-) <wrench> ... back to Pluto's inability to remember bcc., sendings: it is probably just as well it doesn't. When a mailing list subscriber asks for their address to be removed from your records, the Data Protection Act probably means you should erase them from everything. :-o If I bcc., a couple of people I would usually send them a message explaining why they are receiving the copy. Similarly, bcc'd paper letters or memos would arrive with a note (often on a compliments slip) attached. If you wanted to keep a record of a thousand addresses to which you are sending a newsletter it is easy to take a snapshot of the distribution list (copy it and add the date to its name). -- Tim Hill, www.timil.com --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support