Time for another biased poll.
Do you know what CC and BCC stand for in eMail without having to look it up?
I would appreciate it if you boosted this toot. :-)
@gudenau prediction that this will end up being generational, because i can imagine the acronym being mystifying if you were born after the reference stopped existing :)
@robey Also depends on parents telling children about these things. Carbon copies still exist for some things.
@gudenau ok now i'm curious! what was the last thing you saw that made a carbon copy :)
@robey A receipt that had to be signed.
@gudenau ahhhhhhh yup! :)
@attilakinali @robey @gudenau All health care workers' receipts in BE are mandatory carbon copy documents. Which means they have to use impact printers and sometimes even typewriters.
I do agree these are not the real thing, as they don't rely on an externally supplied piece of carbon paper, but contain paper coated with a non-staining thin transfer layer on the back.
@attilakinali @robey @gudenau Because the official forms have (8-digit) serial numbers.
@attilakinali @geert @robey @gudenau the second print would have a higher number
@attilakinali @robey @gudenau It does not. But the documents are valid only when using the official forms with the serial numbers. Allowing printed copies would make it way too easy to create fake documents.
@sammorrowdrums @robey There's also the bell character!
@gudenau @sammorrowdrums i think my favorite of these is the handset icon for "answer voice call" and "hang up"
- red v green (bad for color blindness)
- different only in orientation
- icon of a device that hasn't existed for decades
@robey @sammorrowdrums Handsets still exist though.
@tn5421 Yeah that's how it works. BCC includes CC however.
Do you know what "NCC" does? I only know of it implemented in one mailer.
@ed_packet Wikipedia doesn't seem to have anything on it.
ncc is "no carbon copy". it's implemented by putting a name and address on the cc line, but not actually sending the cc to the person in question.
@ed_packet Huh, funky.
@gudenau yes! is this a poll without a purpose?
@ringo Pretty much yeah.
@gudenau :p got ya. i thought most people knew what that was. hope your having a good evening though?
@ringo Weather says no.
@gudenau bummer! hopefully that improves. here i cannot figure out what to do with my evening, i made a song, i eh, it is so weird not being in a relationship since 2008, i feel like a capable rudder without an ocean to pilot a boat through, at many junctures. feeling existential. heh
@gudenau (without looking at replies) Carbon copy, blind carbon copy? 🤔
@gudenau yay, I was right! I’m in my early 30s and only use IRL carbon copies when they come attached to a form, if that helps anyone wondering about generational differences
@gudenau not only that, I know what they smell like
@gudenau Carbon copy and Blind Carbon Copy. (The teachers at my elementary school were adamant about learning about this stuff)
@gudenau I voted "yes" even if I didn't know what BCC was, because I assumed it was the english equivalent of CCI (and it is) (and I know what CCI stand for)
@gudenau I actually learned this the hard way in high school lol.
@gudenau Reply-To should be made more popular!
@publicvoit Reply-To-All is already very/too popular.
@gudenau
@gudenau I said yes but the replies are saying it's carbon copy, so I guess that's a no cos I've always known it as courtesy copy and blind courtesy copy
@gudenau Only because we had a mini unit in high school on protecting your privacy on the internet. One of the things it recommend was BCC-ing recipients so you don't leak other people's emails to everyone.
@gudenau I do, but I don't want a notification one week from now. 😅
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@gudenau Creative Commons
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