If you have placed a large list of recipients in the To or CC field, all of them will receive the reply. By placing recipients in the BCC field, you can help protect them against receiving unnecessary replies from anyone using the Reply All feature.
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Will a BCC be included in reply all?
Yes. They can only reply to who they can “see”. Blind Carbon Copy (Bcc:) is designed to hide all recipients except those in To: or Cc:, so Reply All would only go to those, plus the original sender. Thank you.
What happens if someone replies to a BCC email?
The whole point of BCC is that there is no record of who got BCC’d in any of the copies of the email that are delivered. Otherwise, you’d use CC. So if you reply to a BCC, your mailer has no idea who, if anyone, was BCC’d on that email, so it can’t send them copies.
How do I reply all to BCC list?
To do so, go to the Sent folder and select the message, then click the dropdown arrow in the bcc: field location. The popout window this provides will include all the addresses in the BCC field. You can copy these and then paste them into a new email to send to them again.
How do I stop replying to all emails?
Ignore a conversation
- In the message list, select the conversation or any message within the conversation that you want to ignore.
- On the Home tab, in the Delete group, select Ignore . If you are working from an open message, on the Message tab, in the Delete group, select Ignore.
- Select Ignore Conversation.
Can you send an email with only BCC?
You can put any addresses you like in the “To” or “Cc” fields along with any you put in the “Bcc” field. Just remember that only the addresses in the “Bcc” field are hidden from recipients. You can also leave the “To” or “Cc” fields blank and just sent the message to the addresses in the “Bcc” field.
Can CC recipients see replies?
Other recipients will see a message you Reply All to, whether they’re in the “To” or “Cc” fields.
Can CC recipients reply?
But is it okay to reply to the group if your name is not in the “to” field? Typically, the “CC” (carbon copy) is to keep you in the loop of a conversation even if you’re not directly addressed in the message.If your participation is relevant to the conversation, then a “reply all” might be in order.
How do you Bcc in Outlook reply?
Create a new email message or reply to or forward an existing message. If the message you’re composing opens in a new window, select Options > Bcc. If the message you’re composing opens in the Reading Pane, select Bcc from the ribbon. In the Bcc box, add recipients, compose the message, and choose Send when done.
What is the point of CC in email?
The CC field allows you to send a copy of the email with any recipient of your choice. In most cases, the CC field is used to keep someone in the loop, or to share the same email with them. Unfortunately, this creates a literal copy of the same email in the recipient’s inbox.
Is reply all OK?
Reply all is a considerate option when the preceding email is inviting you to or trying to coordinate a meeting with, fewer than ten people. If a supervisor or coworker is attempting to coordinate with a small group of people, then they likely require most or all of the email recipients to be there.
How do I send a mass email without replying?
For senders, the tip is this: Instead of putting the recipients of your mass email in the “To:” or “CC:” fields — put their email addresses in the “BCC:” field and your own email address in the “To:” field. Then, when people get your email, they won’t even be able to reply to all.
What does BCC mean in email?
Blind Carbon Copy
For security and privacy reasons, it is best to use the Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) feature when sending an email message to a large number of people. When you place email addresses in the BCC field of a message, those addresses are invisible to the recipients of the email.
Can I just Bcc everyone?
Any email addresses in the Bcc field will be invisible to everyone else on the email.As a rule of thumb, if the number of recipients exceeds 30, then you should Bcc. The worst time to use Bcc is at work. It’s shady to lead someone to believe they are the only recipient of an email when they are not.
Why reply all is bad?
It is a form of communication that invites miscommunication, faux pas, and anxiety, and this all becomes painfully clear when you add the wrong person to a thread or email 8,000 people at once, by mistake.You just have to use email less, and basically never reply all.
Should I reply all CC?
If you are emailed and other team members are included on CC, rule of thumb: always keep those team members copied (AKA always use “Reply All”). They were copied for a reason, so they likely need to know about your response, too – not just the sender.
Should you reply to CC emails?
The answer is no. You don’t have to reply to an email where you are on the cc line. CC is short for carbon copy or courtesy copy. The email is being sent to you mainly for your information or to keep you in the loop of the conversation.
Can the recipient see CC?
Both CC and BCC send copies of an email to additional recipients. The main difference is that CC recipients are visible to others, while BCC recipients are not.
How do you ask for a response?
- An early reply would be appreciated.
- I look forward to your reply.
- I look forward to hearing from you.
- I would appreciate a reply at your earliest convenience.
- Your earliest attention would be appreciated.
Can you say CC D?
Business emails are effective when they are concise, so that’s why it’s better to say cc’d or copied. So, you could say “I’ve cc’d Robert on this email.” Meaning the email goes to Matt for example, but Robert can also see it to keep him in the loop.
What does Ccing mean?
verb (used with object), cc’ed or cc’d, cc·’ing. to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to: I always cc my boss when I write a memo to my staff. to send (a duplicate of a document, email, or the like) to someone: Jim, please cc this to each of the department heads.