i don't get all the things at the beginning when writing an email!!! like what does cc: stand for and what do you put where etc! plz plz plz help i feel so stupid!!! ;)
2007-02-26 04:41:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Hi there. Emailing:-
To - the main people you are sending to.
CC - anybody you want to copy in who is not in the main group.
BCC - anybody you want to copy in without the other recipients knowing.
Subject - short description of what you are emailing for.
As for filing, that is up to you. I generally only keep my inbox and sent items in use on Yahoo, with extra folders for special subjects.
Hope this helps, Steve.
2007-02-26 04:53:58 · answer #1 · answered by Steve J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing you should use is the box that's labelled as "To:"
If you want to send emails to more than one person, go into that box and type each email separated by a comma and a space like this.......
john@aol.com, suzy@hotmail.com, andrew@yahoo.com
The CC line stands for carbon copy. if you want, you can put a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, etc email addresses into that box, and it will send a copy of your email to those people too.
BCC stands for blind carbon copy. I'm not 100% sure, because I never use it, but I've been told if you put addresses in there, then the receivers will not see that the email went to those bcc addresses. So from the receiving person's point of view, it only went to the people in the To and CC lines.
Play around with those lines riskfree by emailing messages to your own address(es). Then you'll get an email from yourself from the perspective of a receiver.
2007-02-26 04:49:42 · answer #2 · answered by LAC 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
CC stands for carbon copy, if you write an email thats like sending a copy to some one else
2007-02-26 04:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by Call me Dick, Mr Head 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to: the email address of the person you're sending the email to
cc: carbon copy. normally if there are multiple recipients of an email I put them all in the "to" section, but if you were in a work environment and telling your colleague that you'll email him some report, then your boss said "oh, I'd like a copy" then you might choose to put your boss in the cc section. all recipients will see that the people in the cc section get a copy
bcc: sends a copy to te people in this section, but doesn't let anyone know that the person in this section is getting a copy
2007-02-26 04:51:07 · answer #4 · answered by Tony W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No need to feel stupid at all about anything like that.. cc stands for Carbon copy.. Basically the same as putting more than one email address in the to field. the BCC is blind carbon Copy.. I believe that the users in that field can't read who your origional target was. But I'm not 100% for sure on that. I'm probably the stupid on here. But no need to feel stupid, when you don't know.. You don't know.
2007-02-26 04:49:02 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As the others have mentioned, cc stands for "Carbon Copy" and bcc stands for "Blind Carbon Copy"
However, as most young people have never heard of Carbon Paper, let alone what it was used for, isn't there a general trend to refer to cc as "Courtesy Copy" etc?
I have heard this used, but not sure how well adopted it has become yet.
2007-02-26 04:49:49 · answer #6 · answered by PKblue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi....no worries! You have your "Send to:" line....this is the recipient, then you usually have "CC" which stands for Carbon Copy, this line could be used to send copies of the email to as many recipients as you like, however, their email addresses will be seen in the header of the email by all recipients. This is where the "BCC" line comes in....BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy.....this line can be used to send copies of your email to any recipients you wish.......unlike CC ..... The email addresses will NOT be shown in the email header. It is a level of privacy that keep others from harvesting email addresses, and protects everyone in your email list! Hope this helps................
2007-02-26 04:57:00 · answer #7 · answered by Michael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"CC"
Stands for Carbon Copy and will simply send a copy of your message to the email address you assign to the box. It is an alternative to forwarding the message
2007-02-26 04:45:34 · answer #8 · answered by Chεεrs [uk] 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cc is carbon copy from Carbon Paper which copies things. you can enter an address and send someone an email that is a copy of another email sent at someone else.
2007-02-26 04:54:34 · answer #9 · answered by JennieRose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it stands for carbon copy- it for situations where if you need to email sombody and want another person to see proof of such email- place them in the cc area and they too will get the email.
another aspect is BCC this is where the person will get a carbon copy but they will not be able to see who else you see info too. whereas the regular cc will show who everything is sent to.
2007-02-26 04:46:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋