Use BCC field when addressing mass mail

PLEASE READ: and become a better E-mail user. This information is intended not only to make you a neater "E-mailer" but one that is more considerate and more thoughtful.

Your friends will be thankful!. Would you write your friends' phone numbers on the walls of public places? I didn't think so. Then why would you share their private E-mail addresses with a group of strangers when you know that many of whom will CARELESSLY forward the same addresses to even more strangers? DON'T DO IT! Instead, use your E-mail program'S BCC feature.

BCC means Blind Carbon Copy. It provides a way of addressing messages to more than one person so that everyone's address is not displayed for all to see. ALL email programs, including the web-based email services, allow you to address messages using BCC. In other words you can "BCC" one or more recipients when sending a message. Some require that you provide at least one address in the TO: field before sending. If this is the case with your email client (program, application), place YOUR OWN email address in the TO: field. Keep your recipients' addresses in the BCC field.

WHY:

• Using BCC protects your recipients' private email addresses from being spread to strangers (from being released into the public domain.)
• Using BCC helps prevent SPAM.
• When using BCC, messages are easier on your readers because the messages contain less text to sift through. The cleaner the message, the easier it is to read.
• Because the messages contain less text, they're smaller and require less bandwidth. They will download faster.
• Using BCC shows your consideration of others by not publishing hundreds of your contacts to strangers

HOW:

• In most email clients, the BCC field is very apparent and obvious. 
• While in a new message in AOL's web mail, click BCC. In Gmail and Yahoo Mail!, click add BCC. In Hotmail, click Show Cc & Bcc.
• In Outlook and Outlook express, it's not so obvious but turning it on is a one-time event.
• To activate the BCC field in Outlook Express, create a new message and choose View, All Headers.
• To activate the BCC field in MS-Outlook, create a new message and choose View, BCC.
• Lotus Notes - the BCC field is right there. Nothing to "turn on", no hoops to jump through, just use it!