Time was, I could leave the preferences for my GMail account set to " Carbon Copy Cartooniverse ", and I’d send an email. And I’d get the cc.
Last year or so? No more cc. The Preferences still are set, and when I compose, the cc appears perfectly. But it NEVER arrives in my in-box.
Thoughts??
It’s a Gmail “feature.”
It also affects posts to list servers, which is why I know about it.
The “feature” is that I cannot email myself, which I suppose is what a cc is??
What the hell.
Some more questions for clarification:
You’re accessing your Gmail through Apple mail? Or via the Gmail website?
What happens if you just CC yourself without using the automated feature? Do you get the copy then?
What happens if you do the same through the Gmail website?
What happens if you just send yourself an email (in the To field, not in the cc field)?
When you cc other people, are they getting the emails?
I’m wondering if it is just the automated feature that is screwing up or if you actually just can’t email yourself or if there’s something in the cc field that is mis-translating the addresses?
That’s not what CC means in email. Since the use cases of email arose from professional written communications, a CC recipient is the email equivalent of a paper memo recipient who receives a carbon copy of the document because they are not intended as the primary “action” recipient.
The fact that many folks used CC to self- address a “file copy” is repurposing a standard function.
Also, all email clients (including Gmail) have a “sent item” folder which already contains your intended file copy of outbound messages.
I did wonder the same thing, since the sent items folder is effectively a cc of every email you send.
I was assuming that for some reason the OP wants an additional copy.