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How to Separate Multiple Recipients Correctly

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Email messages can be sent to more than one address easily. You can insert multiple addresses in the To: header field, or use the Cc: or Bcc: fields to add more recipients.

When you insert multiple email addresses in any of these header fields, make sure you separate them correctly.

Separate Multiple Recipients Correctly

The correct way to separate email addresses in header fields is

  • by comma,

like so:

To: su@example.com, Ted <ted@example.com>, Ina Mako <ina.mako@example.com>

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