(Now known as Windows LIVE mail) - Classic Mode Instructions

1. Login to LIVE (hotmail)
2. Open the message you wish to forward at the top
3. Click on the Bcc: button (under the To: and CC: button)
4. If you don’t see the Bcc: button under the To: and CC:
5. Click on “show CC & Bcc” (upper right) - Click on Bcc: button just under the To: and Bcc: fields
6. Checkmark everyone you wish to forward the email message to
7. After everyone is checked
8. Click on “add contacts to message” at the top
9. After you have clicked to select all the recipients you wish to send to, remove any unwanted text or email headers with email addresses or other junk you don’t wish to pass on to other recipients by placing the cursor at the end of the last word or sentence you wish to remove and click and hold and drag the mouse over to the left and up while still holding down the left mouse button to select (highlight) the text you don’t want in this message.  Then let up off the left mouse button. Click on the scissors icon button in the toolbar (which means cut) or you can Press backspace or delete key on the keyboard to remove the selected text.
10. Click on send

What is the Bcc?

BCC: means Blind Carbon Copy. (This came from back in the day when we used to use carbon paper on our typewriters to make a “secret” copy that the recipient didn’t know about.) For email messages this means that every recipient you send to in the Bcc: field will NOT see the other recipients you sent your messages to at the same time.

Let’s say someone sends you something ‘cute’ in your email…you think, I’ll pass this on to a dozen or so of my friends in the To: or CC: field…They’ll think it’s ‘cute’ too!  Then that dozen of friends will each send it off to another dozen of their friends without removing the previous email addresses you used. Before you know it hundreds if not thousands of people now have your friends’ email addresses. I’ve received forwards of ‘cute’ emails that had nearly 350 email addresses in it.  Ever wonder how spammers got a hold of your email address? This is one way. Now, that email is NOT so ‘cute’ ANYMORE is it!

Be considerate and use the Bcc: column when sending to multiple recipients…just think what it would be like if your phone number went out along with your email address and was forwarded over and over all over the world. 

What is CC?

CC: Means Carbon Copy.  This will show the person or other people that you also sent a copy to. (This came from back in the day when we used to use carbon paper to make a copy to send to others. CC: was typed in the letter and told where the carbon copy went to.) For email messages this means that every recipient you send to in the CC: field will see the other recipients you sent your message to at the same time.

The above forwarding email instructions were written for Windows LIVE hotmail – Classic Mode.
If you wish to try the new features Windows LIVE mail hotmail offers and you have high speed internet look for:
a. “Try the full version of Windows Live Hotmail.” near the bottom of the email page and click on it
b. Select No message preview. (This is what I recommend, so that you can delete messages that look suspicious without ever opening or viewing them.)
c. Click on yes, I want the free upgrade and I have a fast internet connection.
d. (you can always switch back to the classic version if you don’t like it)

Forwarding messages to more than one person using Hotmail (now known as LIVE mail) – Full Version Mode Instructions

1. Login to LIVE (hotmail)
2. Open the message you wish to forward at the top
3. Click on the Bcc: button (under the To: and CC: button)
4. If you don’t see the Bcc: button under the To: and CC:
5. Click on “show CC & Bcc” (upper right) - Click on Bcc: button just under the To: and Bcc: fields
6. Click once on any recipient you wish to forward the message to from the drop down list
7. After you have clicked to select all the recipients you wish to send to, remove any unwanted text or email headers with email addresses or other junk you don’t wish to pass on to other recipients by placing the cursor at the end of the last word or sentence you wish to remove and click and hold and drag the mouse over to the left and up while still holding down the left mouse button to select (highlight) the text you don’t want in this message.  Then let up off the left mouse button. Click on the scissors icon button in the toolbar (which means cut) or you can Press backspace or delete key on the keyboard to remove the selected text.
8. Click on send