Around the holidays, it’s not uncommon to get “email blasts” from folks wishing all their contacts Merry Christmas or Happy New Year.
Unfortunately, many times your email address is listed out in public view, along with every other contact in their list, because they don’t know how to maintain the privacy of everyone as they send out their well wishes.
A Quick Email Etiquette Tip
Fixing this issue is extremely simple. All you need to do when you send a group email is to enter all those emails you’re sending to in the BCC line, rather than the TO field or CC field.
That’s it! Isn’t that easy? And, if you put YOUR email address in the TO field, the message will be sent to you also, so that you can check and make sure that you sent it correctly and have “hidden” all your contacts’ emails from your other contacts.
In the image below, you can see the three different fields that you would see in your email account. Remember, use the BCC field, NOT the TO field or CC field for all those addresses you’re sending to…
See…not too hard, huh? 
Now, you’ll never upset any of your contacts ever again when they see that you’ve blasted their personal email address all over the entire World Wide Web!
Now, of course, if you’re a marketer and are building a list for business purposes, then you must invest a few dollars a month in an autoresponder since emailing weekly or monthly to a list of hundreds and eventually thousands of people will get your personal account marked as a spammer…and it’s just plain tacky anyway.
Enjoy the holidays!
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