Putting the 'B' in 'BCC'  Share this: By: Elana Centor Elana
Centor  When e-mail is not for your eyes only  \"As far as I\'m
concerned it\'s just a form of executive tattletaling,\" spewed
a very unhappy Angela. A colleague had recently sent an e-mail
accusing her of not helping with a project. There was no truth
behind it, but the colleague sent blind copies (BCCs) of the
defamatory e-mail to Angela\'s boss, her boss\'s boss and the
boss of Angela\'s boss\'s boss.  Angela said such BCCing is
common in her office.  \"It\'s the ultimate CYA [cover your
a**], and when you BCC in our office, you cover it wide,\"
Angela said.  How common is it for people to send evil blind
copies to the powers that be? Hard to tell, but Joan\'s office
must have had a problem with BCCing because that e-mail function
has been disabled throughout her office.  \"Of course,\" Joan
said, \"If I really wanted to send the e-mail to other people I
could simply forward it to them. Turning off the BCC function
really wouldn\'t be a deterren