{"id":10578,"date":"2025-11-28T10:09:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/what-is-cc-and-bcc-in-email-with-example\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T10:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:09:51","slug":"what-is-cc-and-bcc-in-email-with-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/what-is-cc-and-bcc-in-email-with-example\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Cc and Bcc in Email with Example"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, let me tell you about the time I accidentally CC\u2019d my entire PTA group on a rant about the snack schedule. (Spoiler: The \u201creply all\u201d chaos that followed taught me more about email etiquette than any manual ever could.)<\/p>\n<p>So, CC stands for \u201ccarbon copy\u201d \u2013 remember those old-school paper copies? It\u2019s like saying, \u201cHey, I want you in the loop, but you don\u2019t <em>have<\/em> to do anything.\u201d Imagine you\u2019re emailing your kid\u2019s soccer coach about practice times (<em>\u201cCan we move it to 5 PM? Timmy has piano lessons\u2026\u201d<\/em>). You might CC the other team parents so everyone\u2019s informed without cluttering their inboxes. But here\u2019s the kicker: <em><strong>everyone sees who\u2019s CC\u2019d<\/strong><\/em>. It\u2019s like a group text where Aunt Karen can\u2019t resist chiming in with emojis.<\/p>\n<p>BCC, though? That\u2019s the stealth mode. \u201cBlind carbon copy\u201d means no one else knows you\u2019ve included them. My wake-up call came when I organized a surprise baby shower for my sister. If I\u2019d CC\u2019d the 20 guests, she\u2019d have seen the guest list in the email thread (surprise ruined!). Instead, I BCC\u2019d everyone \u2013 like ninja-adding people to a chat without tipping off the guest of honor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Real-life examples from my cringe files:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>CC fail<\/em>: Once CC\u2019d my boss on a snarky reply to a vendor (\u201cUgh, their prices are highway robbery!\u201d). Boss replied, \u201cLet\u2019s discuss tone in our next 1:1.\u201d Yikes.<\/li>\n<li><em>BCC win<\/em>: Used BCC for a neighborhood BBQ invite so folks couldn\u2019t spam-reply to the whole list. No more 45-chain emails about gluten-free buns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Why this matters<\/strong><\/em>: CC\u2019s for transparency (\u201cLook, I looped in HR!\u201d). BCC\u2019s for privacy or avoiding drama (<em>cough<\/em> family group emails <em>cough<\/em>). But overdo CC, and you\u2019re that person who turns a simple \u201cWhere\u2019s the stapler?\u201d email into a corporate CC arms race.<\/p>\n<p>One pro tip? If you\u2019re sending a mass email (like a newsletter for your Etsy shop), <em>always<\/em> BCC. Nobody wants their email address floating around like a misplaced Amazon package.<\/p>\n<p>Try it next time \u2013 maybe when planning a girls\u2019 trip or coordinating a work project. And if you mess up? Welcome to the club. My CC\/BCC lessons came with a side of humble pie (and a few awkward apologies). You\u2019ve got this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, let me tell you about the time I accidentally CC\u2019d my entire PTA group on a rant about the snack schedule. (Spoiler: The \u201creply all\u201d chaos that followed taught me more about email etiquette than any manual ever could.) So, CC stands for \u201ccarbon copy\u201d \u2013 remember those old-school paper copies? It\u2019s like saying,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}