CC = Carbon Copy
BCC = Blind Carbon Copy

left over from the days when ...

In OE, usually if you pull up your address book and select a name, the option will appear for "where to put it," and with default settings should include Addressee (To), CC (Copy), and BCC (blind copy), but if you've made changes to your setup you may need to set a "show all" in the View menu.

In formal letter writing, it's (was) considered polite to include a CC: list if copies are sent to someone other than the main addressee, so that everyone knows who knows and all the lies can be kept straight. A BCC is someone to whom you send a copy without telling the addressee that "HE/SHE knows." Some people used to insist that you should include, along with the CC: list a "BCC:" notation with no names listed, but that would seem to be more a scare tactic than useful.

Note: Some email accounts (free Hotmail in particular), as a "SPAM preventive," may "freeze your account" if you send the same message to many people. The stated limit for Hotmail free accounts is 10 addressees - or at least was a couple of months ago. It's usually a 24-hour lock, after which you can send the next 10. If you haven't tried a "mass mailing" to confirm that your ISP allows it, it would be well to allow plenty of time to dribble them out, until you've confirmed that they'll let your mailing list will go through on the first try.

John