Introduction

Staying organized and keeping track of your email communication is crucial in today’s fast-paced digital landscape. Automatically cc’ing (carbon copy) or bcc’ing (blind carbon copy) yourself in Outlook and Gmail ensures a more efficient workflow by centralizing your sent emails. This article will help you set up automatic cc or bcc in both platforms.

Setting Up Automatic CC or BCC in Outlook

Follow these steps to automatically cc or bcc yourself in Outlook:

1. Open Outlook and click on “File.”

2. Navigate to “Rules and Alerts” and click on “New Rule.”

3. Select “Apply rule on messages I send” under the “Start from a blank rule” section.

4. Click on “Next.”

5. On the following screen, leave all the conditions unchecked and click on “Next” again.

6. When prompted, click on “Yes” to apply the rule to all messages.

7. In the next window, check the box for either “Cc the message” or “Bcc the message,” depending on your preference.

8. Click on the underlined phrase next to your choice.

9. Enter your own email address, then click on “OK.”

10. Click on “Next” twice more until you reach the final window.

11. Give your new rule a name (e.g., Auto CC/BCC).

12. Make sure that both the “Turn on this rule” and “Run this rule now” options are checked.

13. Click on “Finish.”

Setting Up Automatic CC or BCC in Gmail

To set up automatic cc or bcc in Gmail, you will need to create a filter covering all sent messages:

1. Log in to your Gmail account and click on the gear icon at the top right corner of the window.

2. Choose “See All Settings” from the dropdown menu.

3. Navigate to the “Filters and Blocked Addresses” tab.

4. Click on “Create a New Filter.”

5. In the “From” field, type your email address.

6. Click on “Create filter.”

7. Check the box for “Forward it to” if you want to BCC yourself, or “Send a Copy to” if you want to CC yourself.

8. Enter your email address in the respective field.

9. Click on “Create filter” again.

Conclusion

By following these simple steps, you can now keep track of your sent emails by automatically cc’ing or bcc’ing yourself in Outlook and Gmail. This method serves as an efficient way to stay organized and ensure that you never lose sight of important communications.