Sending to several people at once
Write to a whole group without putting everybody’s address on public display.
You can put as many addresses in an email as you like. What matters is which box you put them in, because that decides what everybody else can see.
Key points
- Show the Cc and Bcc boxes whenever you need them
- Write to a group with your own address in To and everybody else in Bcc
- Pick people from your contacts instead of typing, and read the small line to get the right one
What to remember
- Your own address in To, everybody else in Bcc. That is the shape of every group email you will ever send.
- More than about five people who do not all know each other: use Bcc.
- Picking from contacts removes the two commonest faults at once: a typed address that bounces, and the right name attached to the wrong person.
Try this
Open a new message on your own device and find where Cc and Bcc are hiding — they are usually behind a small word at the end of the To line. You need not send anything; press Discard once you have found them.
Practice: Sending to several people at once. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.