The mass email coincided with incidents involving several high-profile accounts, including at least one account belonging to the BBC.

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Ultimately, a mass email can create mass confusion.

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His older sister Pam, a plaintiff in the case and a senior VP at Morgan Stanley, states in written testimony that she sent a mass email from her Morgan Stanley account and neglected to BCC the recipients.

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Another example might include an HR generalist using the system to push out upcoming event information or changes to healthcare coverage to a web portal and then alerting staff to the changes via a mass email or other messaging option.

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Some doctors, of course, do occasionally get bombarded by messages from problematic patients, or end up on an unwanted mass-email list.

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CAPTCHAs definitely serve an important function, keeping spammers from mass-creating email accounts or junking up comment streams.

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Tyrese got a email from me because I sent out mass emails to people in the industry.

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