Blind Carbon Copy
<messaging> (BCC) An electronic mail header which lists addresses to
which a message should be sent, but which will not be seen by the recipients.
Bcc is defined in RFC 822 and supported by most e-mail systems. A normal,
non-blind "CC" header would be visible to all recipients, thus allowing them to
reply to each other as well as to the sender. According to RFC 822, the
addresses listed in a BCC header are not included in the copies of the message
sent to the recipients. RFC 822 says BCC addresses may appear in the copy sent
to "BCC" recipients themselves (though this would be unusual).
(1998-03-14)
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