> I always thought CC was for Carbon Copy. Originally, it did. Back when we didn't have computers in the office, it was a copy made using carbon paper, as the

> I always thought CC was for Carbon Copy. Originally, it did. Back when we didn't have computers in the office, it was a copy made using carbon paper, as the original was being typed on a typewriter. ("BCC" was Blind Carbon Copy.) I had always thought a "Courtesy Copy" had specific legal meaning and was a copy of a filing sent to the judge and/or other parties when a case was filed.