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28598	BCC addresses are ignored in the console and file email backends	zngr	Josh Schneier	"Hi there,

we noticed during development that the bcc header line is not printed in the console (and filebased since it inherits from console) EmailBackend ({{{django.core.mail.backends.{console|filebased}.EmailBackend}}}). It seems like this issue has been reported before, e.g. in #18582, however there was no specific solution. It looks like a design decision, however there is no documentation (that I found) about it.

In my opinion, it would be nice to have the BCC line printed in those backends. As the documentation says, those backends are not intended for use in production, which makes it an ideal tool for development and testing. However that requires that the backend behaves just as a regular (smtp) backend would and display the email message exactly as it would have been sent.

If you decide not to fix this, please add a note to the documentation to help developers avoid a sleepless night because they really can't get BCC to work in their mail function ;)

Best,
zngr"	Cleanup/optimization	assigned	Core (Mail)	1.11	Normal		mail, bcc	Ülgen Sarıkavak	Accepted	1	0	1	1	0	0