What is the use of 'CC' in an email?

Answer 1

When you are Cc'd in an email everyone can see, as this is only a carbon copy field. If you do not want disclose the names of the recipenets you should place those addresses in the blind carbon copy (bcc) field.

Answer 2

cc (carbon copy) is left from the time when letters to multiple parties used carbon paper, a carbon copy was sent. Now the file is used as an FYI - for your information - a place to let other interested parties kno what's going on.

Answer 3

cc stands for Carbon Copy. It is an old abbreviation from the days when memos were typed. If you wanted to make sure someone else got a copy of the memo, you would insert a piece of carbon paper behind it, and another sheet of paper. The typewriter would then not only type on the front page, but the impact would make the same image appear on the second sheet. Then, you would give the original to its intended recipient, and the carbon copy to someone else.

In email, it's used to send a copy of the message to someone else at the same time you send the message to it's intended target.

For example, you might send a memo to your coworker about their poor hygiene and cc your boss to cover your butt from a lawsuit. ;) bcc means Blind Carbon Copy. It's the same as Carbon Copy, but the email will not advise the recipient that a copy was given to someone else. On a cc, the recipient can tell that you send a copy to someone else.

Answer 4

CC(Carbon Copy) is just another recipient to be sent a copy of the email. When you send an email with an email in the 'To' field and an email in the 'CC' field, the person in the 'To' field can see who was in the CC field, although if you use BCC (Blind Carbon Copy), they can't.