Thats funny Don :) christy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott" <millop69@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:37 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: when sending emails. > HAHA! Great idea Don. I think I will have to try that one. Thanks, Scott. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > My pet peeve is people that forward you an email that was forwarded by > somebody else that got it forwarded to them by somebody else who also > recevied it as a forward from somebody that got it forwarded to them by > somebody else that got it forwarded to them... and so on ad infinitum. > On > several occassions I have had to open as many as 30 or 40 messages to get > to > what my "friend" wanted me to see. > > I have preached on that topic so many times (along with the use of BCC) > that > very few people send me forwards anymore. > > Nowadays when I get a forwarded message that was not cleaned up or was > nested in another message I do a REPLY ALL to every address in every > nested > message telling them that I have sold their email address to a dozen > different spammers. When they reply asking how I got their address I > explain how I got it and how they can prevent others from getting it. I > then suggest they tell their friends to protect their email address by > using > the BCC function. I also tell them I didn't really sell their address. > > Don > > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk