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In business email, the 'Bcc' field is used mainly to:

Bcc is used to send a copy of an email to someone without revealing that person's address to the other recipients. It stands for blind carbon copy, and it is useful for protecting privacy when mailing many people, not for urgency, attachments or encryption.

  1. ASend a copy to a recipient without other recipients seeing that addressCorrect
  2. BMark the email as urgent for all recipients
  3. CAttach files larger than the permitted size
  4. DEncrypt the message so that only the sender can read it

Explanation

Bcc means blind carbon copy. The addressee in Bcc receives the message, but the To and Cc recipients cannot see that address. It does not set priority, handle attachments or encrypt the message.

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