What does the cc mean in a email?

When u send an email what does the cc mean under the 'to'? It says 'add cc recipients' when you icon it.?

  • what does this mean? It is add other recipients for the email?

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    In addition to the above, you would use it to pass information on to someone who may need to know the details, but not necessarily respond (they can should they so wish to). For example, if Fred has asked you to order some books from John, you would send an email ordering the books to John, but cc it to Fred to prove you have done so.

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carbon copy - if you type email addresses in this field, it will send the exact same email to those recipients too. For example, if the email is meant for one work colleague to take action on, you'd put their email address in the 'to' field, and if you want other colleagues to know about it too (just so they know what's going on), then you'd put the other work colleagues emails in the cc - it's not 'for' them, but just for their information. There is also bcc - blind carbon copy. If you type email addresses into a bcc field, it will send the email to each of these addresses, but the addresses won't be shown on the email. This is useful if you want to send the email to one main recipient (use the 'to' field), and also to someone else who you don't want the main recipient to know about (bcc field). Also it's very good if you want to send an email to a group of people, but don't want any of them to know the other people's email addresses. This is actually common email courtesy, if you send group emails to people who don't know one another. Many people don't want their email address shown to people they don't know. So if you are, say a business with some customers, and want to send out an information email to all of them, since the customers don't know one another you could put your own email address in the 'to' field, and everyone else's in the 'bcc' field.

Mimi

Yes, you will send it to the other recipient. And all the recipients can see to whom your email has been sent.

Jean

Carbon Copy : old fashioned office term when carbon copies existed!

Sal*UK

it means carbon copy it is used if you want to send the email to more than one person at a time

Laura Spencer

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