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Use BCC field when addressing mass mail

PLEASE READ and become a better E-mail user. This information is intended not only to make you a neater "E-mailer" but one that is more considerate and more thoughtful. Your friends will be thankful!.

Would you write your friends' phone numbers on the walls of public places? I didn't think so. Then why would you share their private E-mail addresses with a group of strangers when you know that many of whom will CARELESSLY forward the same addresses to even more strangers? DON'T DO IT! Instead, use your E-mail program'S BCC feature.

BCC means Blind Carbon Copy. It provides a way of addressing messages to more than one person so that everyone's address is not displayed for all to see. ALL email programs, including the web-based email services, allow you to address messages using BCC. In other words you can "BCC" one or more recipients when sending a message. Some require that you provide at least one address in the TO: field before sending. If this is the case with your email client (program, application), place YOUR OWN email address in the TO: field. Keep your recipients' addresses in the BCC field.

WHY:

Using BCC protects your recipients' private email addresses from being spread to strangers (from being released into the public domain.)

Using BCC helps prevent SPAM.

When using BCC, messages are easier on your readers because the messages contain less text to sift through. The cleaner the message, the easier it is to read.

Because the messages contain less text, they're smaller and require less bandwidth. They will download faster.

Using BCC shows your consideration of others by not publishing hundreds of your contacts to strangers (and potentially, SPAMMERS or maybe even stalkers.)

HOW:

In most email clients, the BCC field is very apparent and obvious. While in a new message in AOL's web mail, click BCC. In Gmail and Yahoo Mail!, click add BCC. In Hotmail, click Show Cc & Bcc.

In Outlook and Outlook express, it's not so obvious but turning it on is a one-time event.

To activate the BCC field in Outlook Express, create a new message and choose View, All Headers.

To activate the BCC field in MS-Outlook, create a new message and choose View, BCC.

Lotus Notes - the BCC field is right there. Nothing to "turn on", no hoops to jump through, just use it!

Am I missing anything important?

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