Talk:Blind carbon copy

I found this here http://searchsmb.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,290660,sid44_gci756654,00.html

Eudora and perhaps other e-mail facilities, you'll see the abbreviations "Fcc" and "Bcc". "Fcc" is the same as "cc" or carbon copy - that is, send a copy of the message to the address you fill in. "Bcc" stands for "Blind carbon copy" which says: send a copy to another address...but in this case, don't indicate to the Fcc recipient that you also sent this copy. Since today the term courtesy copy is sometimes used instead of carbon copy, Bcc can also stand for blind courtesy copy.

is that correct

ISPs bouncing BCC recipients?

In the July 2006 issue of PC World (page 45), it is claimed that "some ISPs matter-of-factly bounce them" [referring to BCC addresses]. Has anyone noticed behaviour of this sort? Which ISPs have taken such an extreme measure, and under what pretenses? Porfyrios 16:52, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

snail mail

Since BCC serves the same function in snail mail, why is this treatment limited to email? Is there a parallel discussion I'm missing somewhere else? Fitzaubrey 06:13, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bcc recipients

So:

1. A Bcc recipient cannot see who else the email was sent to

AND

2. Other recipients can't see the Bcc recipient

Is my understanding correct? Or is it just one of the two? I'm confused...--Nick90210 05:53, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Same here. There's quite a difference between the two scenarios! 129.21.240.106 (talk) 23:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe Bcc means the above 2 ONLY: i.e. other recipients can't see the Bcc recipient. The above 1 is false, so a bcc recipient CAN see who else the email was sent to (exept other Bcc recipients!). Can anyone confirm this? Then at least this sentence in the article should be revised:

"BCC: field recipients are those being discreetly or surreptitiously informed of the communication and cannot see any of the other addressees." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gormat (talk • contribs) 10:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed this RichardNeill (talk) 13:39, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Everybody who receives the email will be able to see the To: and CC: field. Nobody can see who is in the BCC: field. Azrael # 10:25, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What does Field recipients mean?

I probably shouldn't be reading this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.96.131 (talk) 01:20, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Security

I heard a rumour that it is possible to determine who is on your Bcc list of a message. Is there any evidence for/against this rumour? I think that would be useful info to have on this article. --RealGrouchy (talk) 23:37, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The received email will not have the BCC: header filled in with email addresses. It could be determined by somebody who has access to the mail server, but not by a regular recipient. Azrael # 10:28, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also there are some mail clients when there are more than 50 bcc addresses failto keep them as bcc and send as cc. I understand but have not personally verified that outlook express 2000 and 2003 do this. should a comment like this be ncluided in the main article? andrew Bear8 (talk) 04:29, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What's in the name?

Blind Carbon Copy; where the heck did they get the 'carbon' from? It would have been better if they renamed it to 'Blind Client Copy' or something. Carbon is supposedly black ink on paper when you write with a pencil. Blind is also a weird term, because even if you're blind you can still feel and perhaps read the inprint, whether you see the ink or not. BCC completely masks or hides the recipients, so that the receiver can not backtrace other addresses. Just a minor complaint about the ill chosen word.