Cc means (Carbon Copy)

When composing a message you must of course include the email address of the person to whom you are sending the mail. This goes in the "To:" field.

Most email programs e.g. gmail also allow you to send a "carbon copy" of your email to another person. The "Cc:" field is used for this purpose. You include an email address in the same way as you include an address in the "To:" field.

Usually the "Cc:" field is used for those who should know about your message but are not expected to act upon it. Use it in the same situations where you would send a carbon copy of a letter or a memo.

When you receive email it contains the addresses of those to whom the mail was sent via the "Cc:" field.


Bcc: means Blind carbon copy

The "Bcc:" field is used in a similar manner to the "Cc:" field. However the mail you receive does not contain the addresses of those to whom the mail was sent by Bcc. So the primary recipient of the message will not know who has received a "Blind carbon
copy", if anyone. at all

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