diff --git a/localsettings.dist.py b/localsettings.dist.py
index 7477f5a..c12118d 100644
--- a/localsettings.dist.py
+++ b/localsettings.dist.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = "mail_password"
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = False
 EMAIL_USE_SSL = True
 
+# Email address to send outgoing mail from by default
+
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = "noreply@example.com"
+
 # Email addresses of system administrators and managers
 
 ADMINS = [
@@ -33,6 +37,10 @@ MANAGERS = ADMINS + [
     ('Demo Manager', 'manager@example.com'),
 ]
 
+# Default addresses to BCC messages to
+
+DEFAULT_BCC_EMAILS = []
+
 # S3 Bucket Configuration (add options as documented at https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/amazon-S3.html)
 
 ENABLE_S3_STORAGE = False
diff --git a/mail/views.py b/mail/views.py
index bc22d95..baaf27c 100644
--- a/mail/views.py
+++ b/mail/views.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from django.views.generic.base import ContextMixin
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.template.exceptions import TemplateDoesNotExist
 from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from html.parser import HTMLParser
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class MailView(ContextMixin):
 
     def send(self, subject, recipient, context={}, attachments=[], sender=None, cc=[], bcc=[], text_from_html=False):
         text = self.render_to_text(text_from_html, **context)
-        email = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject, text, sender, [recipient], cc=cc, bcc=bcc, attachments=attachments)
+        email = EmailMultiAlternatives(subject, text, sender, [recipient], cc=cc, bcc=bcc + DEFAULT_BCC_EMAILS attachments=attachments)
         if html := self.render_to_html(**context):
             email.attach_alternative(html, "text/html")
         email.send()
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