what does cc and bcc mean on the hotmail email

[wendilla]

I forwarded an email to a friend and put it in the Bcc line on the email page.Does this mean that all the above email addresses will be deleted from that email if not how can I forward anything without all the e mails addresses at the top.Hope I have made it clear .In other words can you explain what the cc line is for and the bcc line.Please not too technical in your reply.thanks

[strugglin']

CC/BCC in email means sending a copy of the email that you wrote to individuals not in the To: field. BCC means blind carbon copy so other individuals that receive the email will not know that you also sent a copy to anyone who was given a BCC.

When composing an email, just look for the CC/BCC field at the top. It is usually located right under or in close proximity to the To: field. To cc/bcc someone, just type their email in this field.

[wendilla]

Thanks for your response now bear with me.you know when you get an email you can get loads and loads of other peoples email addresses on it well when i forward this to someone else how can I send it without all the address that came with it .do i make sense.maybe not.

[Ethel]

You can just copy and paste the body of the email into a new email.

[bednobs]

cc= carbon copy
bcc= blind carbon copy
harking back to the days when typists used carbon paper to make copies of letter etc, instead of photocopying or pressing print!

[wendilla]

thanks for all your replies understand it now been emailing long time but just curious what they stood for thanks again

[stevie21]

All the addresses that you want to send it to - put them all in the Bcc field. That way, every person that receives it will only see that it was sent to them - they don't see all the other recipients' email addresses.