Sending a single message to several recipients
Sometimes you may want to send the same message to many friends at
once. In the To box in your message window, you could insert
multiple addresses, separating each by a comma and a space. Yahoo allows
you to send the same message to up to 100 different addresses. The problem
with this approach is that when people receive your message, they will
first see listed the addresses of all the other people to whom you have
sent the same message.
Avoid giving away e-mail addresses
Many readers find it annoying to see that they are only one of many
receiving your message. Or they certainly don't enjoy skimming over
a long list of addresses before finally coming to your message. But
a more serious problem is that you are giving away all those e-mail
addresses to everyone receiving your message.
Many people don't like having their e-mail addresses spread around
just as they might object to having their phone numbers posted on a
bulletin board at the local laundromat. There is a way that you can
send a the same message to many people at once and still avoid giving
away e-mail addresses. The answer is Bcc.
Use Bcc
When you are sending out the same message to many people, in the To
box just use your own address. That will mean, of course, that your
own message will be sent right back to you. Then in the Bcc box,
put in the addresses of all those you want to receive your message.
Bcc stands for blind carbon copy, a carry over from the days
when typists would send carbon copies. The word blind means that
no one receiving your message would be able to see the identity of others
also receiving this same message.
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