Summary #

The “To:”, “CC:” and “BCC”: fields have different uses.

More Information #

There are three fields one can use when sending an e-mail (this is true of almost any e-mail program not just ours). The “To” field is usually who the message is addressed to and is visible to the recipients. The “CC” field (which stands for Carbon Copy) is for recipients that the e-mail is not directly addressed to, but the sender wants to send a copy to (also visible to the recipients). The “BCC” field which stands for Blind Carbon Copy is not visible to the recipients of the e-mail. It is used when you are sending and e-mail to many recipients and do not wish to disclose all the recipient’s e-mail addresses to the other recipients.