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Send secret e-mails with Gmail, Firefox, Bccthis

Hey, Gmail users. If you've ever wished you could append a private note for a subset of recipients in a group e-mail without having to compose a second message, here's an in-progress application for you.

Bccthis, which was first introduced for Microsoft Outlook and BlackBerry, is an e-mail add-on that hooks into Gmail by way of the Firefox browser and lets you create a secondary e-mail to select contacts without leaving the composition window.

The add-on attaches an expandable Bccthis menu below Gmail's composition window. This is where you'll pen your second, secret message and choose … Read more

5 time-saving Outlook add-ons

Your Microsoft Outlook 2007 in-box is one of those apps that's underappreciated and easily overlooked, yet for business professionals and home users alike, it often bears the brunt of most e-mail exchange.

It's time to give Outlook--and yourself--a hand with some free, and free-to-try, add-ons that could very well smooth out your workflow. We've rounded up five time-saving Outlook add-ons for you to take on a spin. Just don't get too add-on-happy, since, as with browser extensions, a surplus of running Outlook extras can drag down the pace.

Getting at subtext, literally

The Outlook add-on Bccthis (pronounced as two words, "bcc this") works off the assumption that e-mail should be like interpersonal conversations down to the part where some of you talk behind the others' backs. As a result, the Bccthis window that appears below Outlook's main message window gives you a space to pen a secondary, private message to one or more recipients, making the new message literally subtext. All Bccthis recipients get two e-mails for the price of your one: the original e-mail that's visible to all, and the "blind," secondary e-mail that only … Read more

BlackBerry e-mail utility Bccthis helps you talk about people behind their backs

There's no shortage of e-mail utilities for BlackBerry phones, and a new one entered the market this week. Like Gwabbit (review) and Xobni, Bccthis began as an Outlook add-on and migrated to the next most popular intersection of business users--the BlackBerry. At CTIA, we got a hands-on demo of the free Bccthis for BlackBerry.

As with the desktop version, Bccthis adds a component to the e-mail composition screen on BlackBerry where you can send a private message to one or more of the message recipients. The recipients receive the original message, plus a second one detailing the private note. … Read more