My favorite thing is when I notice the chain is emailing people who don’t need to see it and Reply All after moving them to BCC (I add a note saying “moved X to BCC” for transparency.
People love me :-)
I use BCC semi-frequently at work because it prevents all kinds of (mostly unintentional) annoyances from my coworkers. Mostly with automated emails related to reports and/or our case management system. BCC is your best friend when used selectively.
MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
Boozilla@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
At my office people tend to go way overboard with the number of CCs. I understand the need for communication and coordination on some things. But so much of it is just unnecessary-reflexive CYA and dilution of responsibility.
superkret@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Just don’t use it for mass mailing external addresses. That’ll get you on a blacklist faster than you’d think.
otp@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
What do you mean by this?
superkret@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Putting a bunch of recipients in bcc to send out mass mail is what spammers do.
So if you also do this, you’ll look like a spammer.
This may lead to your emails getting rejected by various mail servers in the future.
otp@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Ohhh, thanks for the info!