Google Mail - Composing a New Message & Setting Recipients
When you are composing email, you have several options when selecting how to send the message to recipients. There is a different reason for using each option. Let's explore them.
(Here is the short video for this topic: Comping & Recipient Options.)
First, to compose a new message you can either click on the Compose button
Or you can use a shortcut by pressing the C key
Either one will open up the Compose window where you create your email message.
At the top you set the recipients of your email. This is where you have three options-
1 - TO: this is the standard recipient type, and is used the most. Email addresses are entered for each recipient that you want to receive the email
2 - CC: this stands for Carbon Copy. CC is used if there is a person (or are people) you want to share the email with to keep them informed, but they are really not the primary person you are communicating with.
3 - BCC: this stands for Blind Carbon Copy. BCC is used to send the email to multiple people, but not share out the emails of everyone else. This can keep the privacy of the recipients as you are not unintentionally sharing out emails of a large group to the entire group.
In addition to adding the recipients, it is important to put the subject of the email. This helps the recipients to prioritize the email, and also may keep your email from ending up in SPAM or Junk.
Thank you for joining us for this episode of Technology Tidbits, brought to you by Melinda Waffle (Calhoun Intermediate School District), and CJ Walker and Du Bui (Jackson County Intermediate School District)
(Here is the short video for this topic: Comping & Recipient Options.)
First, to compose a new message you can either click on the Compose button
Or you can use a shortcut by pressing the C key
At the top you set the recipients of your email. This is where you have three options-
1 - TO: this is the standard recipient type, and is used the most. Email addresses are entered for each recipient that you want to receive the email
2 - CC: this stands for Carbon Copy. CC is used if there is a person (or are people) you want to share the email with to keep them informed, but they are really not the primary person you are communicating with.
3 - BCC: this stands for Blind Carbon Copy. BCC is used to send the email to multiple people, but not share out the emails of everyone else. This can keep the privacy of the recipients as you are not unintentionally sharing out emails of a large group to the entire group.
In addition to adding the recipients, it is important to put the subject of the email. This helps the recipients to prioritize the email, and also may keep your email from ending up in SPAM or Junk.
Thank you for joining us for this episode of Technology Tidbits, brought to you by Melinda Waffle (Calhoun Intermediate School District), and CJ Walker and Du Bui (Jackson County Intermediate School District)
