PSMail Quick Tip: Forwarded email and all those email addresses... ever wonder how many people know your email address? Did you know some email clients automatically add all addresses to the address book?  Why should you care? Privacy and viruses. Start using BCC.

When you use BCC, you show that you respect privacy for your friends, relatives and clients. Recipients cannot see everyone who received the email.  Use it for: 

* Privacy - In many instances of sending newsletters it is good to keep your friends from reading or harvesting others email addresses. This can also avoid automated sfotware from finding other email addresses.
* Clarity - If you are sending a message to one person or the group it becomes more clear to the recipient.
* Respect for your recipients - Many times forwarded emails contain large amount of other recipients addresses and is confusing to sort through.

Not to mention, some viruses are automatically transmitted to and from user address books.

When using BCC, just put your own email address in the To: box. 

Ask your friends to start using BCC, too. BCC is a throw back term for typists meaning Blind Carbon Copy.