If you need to copy someone, use the Cc function and include a brief explanation in the body of the email: “Joe, I’d like the project to be finished by Friday. Work correspondence: Because transparency is crucial for productive communication, using Bcc in work correspondence comes off as shady and degrades trust in the confidentiality of email (if you still have any). Protecting privacy: Do you have really cool friends? Cool as in,“including Kanye West on your bachelor party mailing list”? If so, he and other VIPs are probably uncomfortable with their personal information being displayed to commoners, so Bcc’ing his address to protect his privacy is considered good etiquette. To do so, enter your own address in the “To:” field so it’s the only one shown. As a basic rule, Bcc if the number of recipients exceeds 30, saving everyone the pain of scrolling through a million addresses. Mass emails: Mass emails are usually informational and span a wide range of contacts (not everyone on the mailing list knows each other) so it’s unlikely that Bcc will offend anyone. After all, the best way to thank Susan for a great intro is to spare her a cluttered inbox. She’ll know know that her introduction has been acted on, but won’t have to endure the massive email thread between you and Jack that is likely to follow. Introductions: When Susan introduces you to Jack, hit reply all and move Susan to Bcc. To avoid offense, follow these guidelines on Bcc etiquette:
While useful, the problem with Bcc is that it skates a fine line between being private and being sneaky (the same characteristic that might make you irrationally suspicious of your significant other’s phone/email/Facebook/Snapchat).
Everyone will find out that you were secretly included, which can be embarrassing and unproductive for those involved. So if you’ve been Bcc’d on an message, NEVER reply-all. Neither CC nor BCC recipients are expected to respond, so the only difference between the two is that CC allows the primary recipient(s) to see who is sent a copy of the email, whereas Bcc keeps this information hidden. To: these are the people you’re directly addressing in your messageĬC: these are the people you’re publicly informing of the messageīCC: these are the people you’re privately informing of the message
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