Guide to Safe Emailing &
Email Etiquette
I created
this page in 2008 in desperation due to the endless times my computers (my
livelihood) became infected by email viruses and my email accounts infested with
offensive spam - caused invariably by round-robins, chain emails and other mass
emailing.
I am sure, like myself, you resent spending endless time and expense fixing such damage, especially if you take all the necessary precautions to protect your computers against all possible threats. If you are this vigilant but continue to be plagued by such menaces, the most likely cause is due to one (or more) of your email contacts circulating your private email address in mass emails in the 'To' or 'Cc' public address fields for all recipients to see. Considering the snowball effect of such mass emailing, this will undoubtedly result in your email address falling into the wrong hands sooner or later.
Imagine the outrage if we did the same with friends' home addresses when sending Christmas cards. Actually, broadcasting people's private email addresses in mass emails is more harmful as it places our recipients' computers, their privacy and personal safety at risk.
Moreover, since 2018, sharing email addresses breaches Data Protection law.
SAFE MASS EMAILING - WHAT TO DO - REMEMBER BCC!
When sending mass emails, never use the 'To' or 'Cc' fields otherwise all recipients will see each other's private email address. Circulating email addresses like this not merely places us at greater risk of virus, spam and hacking attacks, but is also a wonderful source for stalkers and breaches data protection law.
To protect the privacy of your recipients’ email addresses always list them in the Bcc: (Blind Carbon Copy) field. This works just like the Cc: (Carbon Copy) field except that recipients only see their own and the sender's email address and no others.
I hope this page helps. Thank you for visiting and for sharing my concerns.
Julia ~ Manchesterenglishtutor.co.uk
