diff --git a/social/email/61-email.html b/social/email/61-email.html
index bfddae01..5ec339ef 100644
--- a/social/email/61-email.html
+++ b/social/email/61-email.html
@@ -71,13 +71,14 @@
 <script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="e-mail">
     <p>Sends the <code>msg.payload</code> as an email, with a subject of <code>msg.topic</code>.</p>
     <p>The default message recipient can be configured in the node, if it is left
-    blank it should be set using the <code>msg.to</code> property of the incoming message.</p>
+    blank it should be set using the <code>msg.to</code> property of the incoming message. If left blank
+    you can also specify <code>msg.cc</code> and/or <code>msg.bcc</code> properties.</p>
     <p>The payload can be html format.</p>
     <p>If the payload is a binary buffer then it will be converted to an attachment.
     The filename should be set using <code>msg.filename</code>. Optionally <code>msg.description</code> can be added for the body text.</p>
     <p>Alternatively you may provide <code>msg.attachments</code> which should contain an array of one or
     more attachments in <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodemailer#attachments" target="_new">nodemailer</a> format.</p>
-    <p>If required by your recipient you may also pass in a <code>msg.envelope</code> object, typically containing extra from and to properties.</p> 
+    <p>If required by your recipient you may also pass in a <code>msg.envelope</code> object, typically containing extra from and to properties.</p>
     <p>Note: uses SMTP with SSL to port 465.</p>
 </script>
 
diff --git a/social/email/61-email.js b/social/email/61-email.js
index 178bf2f9..fc8b91a5 100644
--- a/social/email/61-email.js
+++ b/social/email/61-email.js
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     }
                     var sendopts = { from: node.userid };   // sender address
                     sendopts.to = node.name || msg.to; // comma separated list of addressees
+                    if (node.name === "") {
+                        sendopts.cc = msg.cc;
+                        sendopts.bcc = msg.bcc;
+                    }
                     sendopts.subject = msg.topic || msg.title || "Message from Node-RED"; // subject line
                     if (msg.hasOwnProperty("envelope")) { sendopts.envelope = msg.envelope; }
                     if (Buffer.isBuffer(msg.payload)) { // if it's a buffer in the payload then auto create an attachment instead
diff --git a/social/email/package.json b/social/email/package.json
index 9ea93d9d..953b0e8e 100644
--- a/social/email/package.json
+++ b/social/email/package.json
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-email",
-    "version"       : "0.1.6",
+    "version"       : "0.1.7",
     "description"   : "Node-RED nodes to send and receive simple emails",
-    "dependencies"  : {
-        "nodemailer"   : "1.11.*",
-        "poplib" : "0.1.7",
-        "mailparser" : "0.5.3",
-        "imap" : "0.8.17"
+    "dependencies": {
+        "nodemailer": "^1.11.0",
+        "poplib": "^0.1.7",
+        "mailparser": "^0.5.3",
+        "imap": "^0.8.17"
     },
-    "repository" : {
-        "type":"git",
+    "repository": {
+        "type": "git",
         "url":"https://github.com/node-red/node-red-nodes/tree/master/social/email"
     },
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "keywords": [ "node-red", "email", "gmail", "imap" ],
-    "node-red"      : {
-        "nodes"     : {
+    "node-red": {
+        "nodes": {
             "email": "61-email.js"
         }
     },