Why do we use CC in emails?

The CC field allows you to send a copy of the email with any recipient of your choice. In most cases, the CC field is used to keep someone in the loop, or to share the same email with them. Unfortunately, this creates a literal copy of the same email in the recipient's inbox.

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Cc stands for carbon copy which means that whose address appears after the Cc: header would receive a copy of the message. Also, the Cc header would also appear inside the header of the received message.

The “CC” field is usually found within your email composition window, below the “To” field and above the “BCC” field. All you need to do is add your primary contact in the “To” field and then include the contacts you wish to share the thread within the “CC” field.

The recipients listed in the “To” field are the direct addressees of your email message. These are the people to whom you are writing directly. “CC,” which stands for “carbon copy,” or even “courtesy copy,” is for anyone you want to keep in the loop but are not addressing directly.

When reviewing the differences between these fields, use these general guidelines: If you expect a direct response or action, use the “To” field. If you want to keep people in the loop in a transparent way, use the “Cc” field. If someone is not meant to be a direct recipient, use “Cc.”

Copying a manager on emails should not be a common strategy for getting results. It could possibly have an adverse affect on the person who receives the email. It can also make your manager think you can't get things done without using his or her influence.

Cc stands for Carbon Copy. When you Cc a person on an email, the Cc list can be seen by other recipients on the chain. Hitting Reply All ensures the Cc'd person receives future emails that are part of this thread.

When you CC people on an email, the CC list is visible to all other recipients. For example, if you CC bob@example.com and jake@example.com on an email, Bob and Jake will both know that the other received the email, as well.

As we all known, all recipients in “To”, “CC” or “BCC” fields, will get the attachments when sending emails with attachments. However, some users want to send the attachments to the “To” recipients only, with the “CC” and “BCC” recipients just getting the message without the attachments.

Click on the "x" behind the name of the person you wish to remove from the thread. Type and send the message as you normally would. Caution: If you remove someone from the email thread the person stops receiving messages from the thread. They won't know they've been deleted or have a chance to ask to be included.

Reply to your emails — even if the email wasn't intended for you. It's difficult to reply to every email message ever sent to you, but you should try to, Pachter said. This includes when the email was accidentally sent to you, especially if the sender is expecting a reply.

The tip: Right when you get that first reply-all, check the box next to the email in your Gmail inbox. Then go up to the "More" menu and select "Mute" from it. You will not get any more replies! Hurray!