Can Bcc Recipients Reply All?

Can Bcc Recipients Reply All?
Addresses that have been placed in the BCC field are not forwarded. 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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Regarding this, can BCC recipients reply sender?

No. Reply All will only be able to reply to the e-mail addresses sent along with the e-mail in the headers. BCC addresses are never sent to the recipient in the e-mail headers. That's the point of the "Blind" in BCC.

Furthermore, can BCC recipients see each other? Nope! BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy. Recipients will see who sent the email and that they've been BCC'd but will not see who else, including any CC'd recipients received the same email. When you place email addresses in the BCC: field of a message, those addresses are invisibleto the recipients of the email.

Accordingly, what happens if a BCC replies to all?

If all your recipients are listed under Bcc:, then none can see or be aware of the others. If any recipient clicks Reply All, the reply will NOT go to anyone they can't see. Remember they can see any name that's listed under To: or Cc:, so be careful with mixed addressing.

Can BCC recipients see TO and CC?

When referring to email, “cc” means carbon copy and “bbc” means “blind carbon copy”. Every recipient email address you enter into the “to” and “cc” fields will be able to see each other. The email addresses you add to the “bcc” field will not be visible to the “to” and “cc” recipients or the other “bcc” recipients.

Related Question Answers

Is blind copying unethical?

Emailing others via BCC isn't always unethical. If these recipients otherwise have approval to read the message or if the client has previously provided records to the copied party, use of BCC probably is not unethical.

Is BCC really hidden?

BCC stands for “blind carbon copy.” Unlike with CC, no one but the sender can see the list of BCC recipients. However, the BCC list is secret—no one can see this list except the sender. If a person is on the BCC list, they'll see only their own email on the BCC list.
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