[ADXA] Suggestion. Use BCC and NOT cc if at all possible!

[Steven Rutledge]

All good Internet hygiene.  I'll add, be VERY careful about replying to 
ALL when there are blind copies.  What you say will generally go to 
those recipients.  If you say something not nice about one of them to 
the sender, they will see it.  People have lost wives, jobs and friends 
over this.  :)))))))))))))))))))))


Steve, QQ

On 1/25/2021 1:17 PM, Sandy Hutson wrote:
>
> Got phone call from friend in FL who is in charge of preventing 
> hackers from getting into your email lists and resending spam to each 
> one of them. He works with 6-7 hospitals in the south FL area.
>
>  1. _Do NOT use “CC”_ to send an email copy to many people with just
>     the _one TO person at top_. Use _BCC of your list you want to get
>     a copy of an email_ intended for the person or two at the top
>     under TO”.
>  2. The TO line can have 1-2 email addresses if you like but never put
>     several email addresses on the TO line. That is what BCC and CC
>     are for, but unfortunately the CC addresses are _private_ to many
>     of us who use that email address for other entities,
>     organizations, web sites, etc..
>  3.  Use BCC out of respect for the privacy of others.
>
>   Jay W5JAY has a good system where the from and to are his call at 
> both places. The “to” has HIDDEN email addresses of many hams but 
> nobody sees them. Same as a list of several guys on a BCC list.. Just 
> forget using CC as much as possible unless you have a _smal_l list 
> (hackers LOVE getting into a CC list of dozens of valid individual 
> emails!)  If you get into a situation like this, have your email 
> REMOVED from the CC list of the person who sent the email. Have them 
> put your email address under BCC only. That is a valid request based 
> on what’s going on recently by hackers wanting you to click on an 
> attachment. DO NOT CLICK the attachment! Re-email the sending person 
> at a known _valid address_ if you are unsure, and ask if he sent an 
> email with attachment to you and others.
>
>    Sorry about this information  taking time to read,  but just wanted 
> all of us to be aware of hackers our there looking for large CC lists 
> anywhere, ham sites or otherwise. They increased 300% in 2020!
> Stay safe during the worsening times. They say we are in for a worse 
> hit this summer than last. Hope not… 73
>
> San
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