Use 'BCC:' Instead
Email is something we all send and sometimes we send more with it than the letter we planned on. We need to realize that sometimes we send information about others and ourselves with each email.
You receive an email from a friend, it has a joke in it and you decide to send it to all your other friends. That's great, but when you send it, are you giving others information about your friends?
Then, if your friends forward it and don't remove the information it continues to give others information about all those in the list. How often have you had to scroll down lists of "Original Message" information in order to get to the joke?
Instead of using the ‘To:’ line in emails use the ‘BCC:’(Blind Carbon Copy) line. It sends to everyone without a problem, but it hides the information about those you sent it to.
How do you use BCC? It's not that difficult.
In Outlook Express go to the top of the email and click on view; choose All Headers. It will then stay up for you to use always.
In yahoo and gmail email go to the compose page and choose to add BCC:
In msn/hotmail it is already set up there for you to use:
Protect yourself and your friends by not giving others email addresses that they don't all ready have. Emails are forwarded all over the world and far too often people you have never heard of have gotten access to your information. Be smart and use ‘BCC:’ instead of ‘To:’ in order to protect yourself and those you care about.
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