ITPEC IP April 2024 Question 30
When an e-mail is sent to multiple recipients, there are cases that no recipient of the e-mail should know the e-mail addresses of other recipients. In such cases, which of the following is an appropriate place where the e-mail addresses of the multiple recipients are entered?
Explanation
Bcc — addresses in the Bcc field receive the e-mail but are not shown to any other recipient.
An e-mail has three destination fields:
- •To — the main recipients; every recipient sees these addresses
- •Cc (carbon copy) — recipients sent a copy for information; every recipient sees these addresses too
- •Bcc (blind carbon copy) — recipients whose addresses are removed from the copies delivered to the others, so no one learns who else received it
When every recipient's address must stay hidden from the others, as in a notice to many customers, all of them go in Bcc. The sender often puts only their own address in To.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- •(b) Cc — Cc addresses appear in the header every recipient receives, so each recipient sees the others
- •(c) To — To addresses are also shown to every recipient
- •(d) Both To and Bcc — the recipients entered in To are visible to everyone, so their addresses are disclosed
Key rule: To and Cc are visible to all recipients and Bcc to none, so addresses that must not be disclosed to other recipients belong in Bcc only.
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