Thunderbird Email Lesson 5: Review To, Cc, and Bcc

Your goal

In an unsent draft, add your own address, correct it, and remove it. Explain which recipients can see the To and Cc rows and what Bcc changes.

Before starting

Use your own authorized practice account or a harmless practice document. Identify the active application and the focused control before each command. Keep these instructions in a separate window. Never include passwords or private messages in your learning notes.

Follow the product and device version named in each procedure. A plus sign means hold the modifier while pressing the final key; “then” means release before continuing. These procedures are documentation-based and have not been tested here with the actual assistive software or signed-in reading accounts.

Address a message: To, Cc, and Bcc

Start here: A new composition window. Use only your own address for the first practice.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Tab to the To field. Type your complete email address and press Enter. The address becomes a recipient item. Review its spelling; an accepted-looking item is not proof that the address belongs to the intended person.
2. To add another recipient, enter their address in the same row and confirm with Enter. To move onward after the last recipient, press Enter again or Tab and identify the next field.
3. To correct an existing recipient, use the arrow keys in the recipient row to select that item. Press Enter to edit it, make the correction, and press Enter again. Delete removes a selected recipient item.
4. If you need Cc or Bcc, reach the corresponding control above the address row with Tab or Shift+Tab and activate it. Cc recipients are visible to the other recipients. Bcc conceals the Bcc recipient list from them.
5. Before sending, review every recipient row, not only To. In a practice draft, remove added recipients and save without sending.

Check your result

Each intended address is a distinct recipient item, and you know which address row it is in.

If something goes wrong

If a field is absent, activate its Cc or Bcc control first. If deleting removes message text instead of an address, stop: focus is in the body. Return to the recipient row before trying again.

Try it yourself

Explain who should see a copy of a hypothetical meeting invitation, then choose To or Cc. Do not test privacy by mailing real groups.

Documentation: Mozilla recipient addressing.

Your practice assignment

In an unsent draft, add your own address, correct it, and remove it. Explain which recipients can see the To and Cc rows and what Bcc changes.

Check your work before marking complete

• Identify the starting application, account, device, or keyboard layout used for this task.
• Demonstrate each part of the goal above and describe the result after each action.
• Return to the saved item, passage, or starting setting when the task calls for it.
• Explain one problem you encountered or could encounter and the recovery step you would use.
• Record whether you worked independently, needed a prompt, or used the written alternative.

If the application, membership, or device is unavailable: complete a written walkthrough of this exact assignment. Include the starting context, ordered actions, expected results, and one recovery step. Label it “written alternative — not tested on the device.” The completion record is self-reported, not an instructor-verified skills assessment.

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