Anatomy of E-mail Messages
The software you use to send, receive, and manage electronic messages is called an e-mail client. (Most web browsers have with this software.) To send an e-mail, you enter information similar to the heading of a typical interoffice memo.
To contains the e-mail addresses of the recipients. This is a mandatory entry.
CC, short for Carbon Copy, contains the e-mail addresses for people other than the primary recipients. This is optional.
BCC, short for Blind Carbon Copy, contains the e-mail addresses of other recipients who receive copies, but their names and addresses are hidden from the other recipients. This is optional.
Subject contains the main topic of the message. Keep this brief. Recipients see this in their summary of incoming e-mails.
Attachment contains the names of files that you may be sending, for example, a word-processing document or a spreadsheet.
Body contains the message itself, which can be of any length.
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