reply all

Email group response

Reply all is an email function that sends a response to everyone who received the original message, not just the sender.

The term has become shorthand for a particular kind of workplace mishap—accidentally broadcasting a personal or inappropriate message to an entire organization: Someone hit reply all on that HR memo and now everyone's seen his complaints about the boss.

Related
  • emailDigital written communication
  • inboxMessage receiving folder
  • mass emailMessage to many simultaneously
  • CCAdditional email recipient field
  • BCCConcealed recipient field

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Opposites
recipient scope

reply allreply

Verbal or written answer

direct message · DM · whisper · private message · sidebar

communication discretion

reply alllimited circulation

Distribution to few recipients

take it offline

communication direction

reply allforward

Onward in direction

compose · new message · delete · ignore · no response

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G