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Last updated: 2025-12-01


Advisors/Agencies - Carbon Copy List

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Deleting Carbon Copy Recipients For a Single Advisor/Agency

Overview



When e-mail or printed correspondence associated with an advisor or agency is generated as part of a pending case workflow or through the Case Status feature, SmartOffice can automatically copy additional recipients on that correspondence. This is accomplished using the Carbon Copy List.



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For example, to have an advisor's assistant automatically copied on pending case correspondence and/or case status reports associated with that advisor. you would add the assistant to the advisor's Carbon Copy List.



To be added as a carbon copy recipient, the recipient must exist as a contact in SmartOffice.




Note: The Carbon Copy List applies only to Case Status reports and to correspondence with a defined purpose that is sent as part of a pending case workflow. The Carbon Copy List does not apply to manually generated correspondence.




Opening the Carbon Copy List






  • Search for an advisor or agency.
  • In the list of search results, select the advisor or agency, or open the advisor or agency record.

  • Select Menu > Communication > Carbon Copy List to open the Carbon Copy List.



Adding Carbon Copy Recipients




For a Single Advisor/Agency






  • Open the Carbon Copy List.
  • Select Menu > New 'Carbon Copy' record to open the carbon copy recipient dialog box.

  • Enter the appropriate contact name and options (for information about these options, see Viewing/Editing a Carbon Copy List Recipient).
  • Select the OK button.



For Multiple Advisors/Agencies






  • Perform an advisor/agency search to display the Advisor or Agency List.
  • Select two or more advisors/agencies, and then select Menu > Communication > Carbon Copy Mass Assignment/Removal to open the mass assignment dialog box.

  • Select Mass assign carbon copy, and then select the Next button.
  • Enter the appropriate contact name and options (for information about these options, see Viewing/Editing a Carbon Copy List Recipient).
  • Select the OK button.



Deleting Carbon Copy Recipients




For a Single Advisor/Agency






  • Open the Carbon Copy List.
  • Select the recipients you want to delete.

  • Select Menu > Delete 'Carbon Copy' record.



For Multiple Advisors/Agencies






  • Perform an advisor/agency search to display the Advisor or Agency List.
  • Select two or more advisors/agencies, and then select Menu > Communication > Carbon Copy Mass Assignment/Removal to open the mass assignment dialog box.

  • Select Remove an existing carbon copy, and then select the Next button.
  • Select the Contact Name hyperlink to search for and select the contact you want to remove, and then select the Next button.



Viewing/Editing Carbon Copy Recipients






  • Open the Carbon Copy List to see the current list of recipients.
  • Select a recipient to open the options dialog box.


To change any of the options, follow these steps:






  • In the Select CC Recipient section, select the Contact Name hyperlink to search for and select a contact.
  • In the Carbon Copy Settings for Case Status Report section: Select Check here if the contact above should be carbon copied on Case Status to have Case Status update e-mails sent to both the advisor/agency and the CC recipient.

  • Select Check here if the contact above is the only recipient of Case Status to have Case Status update e-mails sent only to the CC recipient and not to the advisor/agency.



  • In the Carbon Copy Settings for Correspondence section:
  • Select Check here if the contact above is the only recipient of correspondence to have correspondence go to the CC recipient only (i.e., not to the advisor/agency).
  • In the Select Letter Purpose section, select the letter purposes for which the contact will receive carbon copies (the purpose of a letter is defined it its correspondence template).
  • Select the OK button to save the changes.