Where's the BCC when you need it?
I received an email from someone who I hadn't heard from in about a year and a half. I recognized the name immediately and figured it had to either be spam or ... well, it had to be spam.
The email is one of those all-too-frequent "Hey everyone, I've been hacked so please disregard previous emails."
No big deal. Some people aren't in the habit of cleaning out their address books. I am an advocate of keeping mine up-to-date but that's neither here no there. I really didn't mind the fact that he had me listed in his email but what I do mind - strongly mind - is sloppy use of "TO" when it should be "BCC."
TO vs BCC
I don't need to see the hundreds of other people listed in someones address book. I also don't need anyone seeing my email address.
For any mass distribution via email, use BCC. In fact, if you know your friends or acquantainces don't honor pressing "reply" instead of "reply all" then you should a…
The email is one of those all-too-frequent "Hey everyone, I've been hacked so please disregard previous emails."
No big deal. Some people aren't in the habit of cleaning out their address books. I am an advocate of keeping mine up-to-date but that's neither here no there. I really didn't mind the fact that he had me listed in his email but what I do mind - strongly mind - is sloppy use of "TO" when it should be "BCC."
TO vs BCC
I don't need to see the hundreds of other people listed in someones address book. I also don't need anyone seeing my email address.
For any mass distribution via email, use BCC. In fact, if you know your friends or acquantainces don't honor pressing "reply" instead of "reply all" then you should a…