Keyboard, what are all these weird symbols when you post below =AO etc.. christy ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Keyboard Cowboy" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Don" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:50 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: when sending emails. > Don, > > I agree with your premise.....but damn you're mean! <laugh> I just > delete= > those multiple forward messages.....many times they no longer work anyway= > as the picture or whatever is damaged, specially when they come from a= > AOHell account, etc. > > =A0 Regards from > > Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy", > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ,,,,,,,, > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=D4=BF=D4=AC > =A0 =A0Cincinnati, Ohio > Scottsdale, Arizona > --------------------------------- > Thursday, 3/3/2005, @ 1:49:16 PM EST > --------------------------------- > Aptitude determines Altitude! > > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D|:o:|=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:10:34 -0500, Don wrote: > =A0 | =A0 My pet peeve is people that forward you an email that was > =A0 | =A0 forwarded by somebody else that got it forwarded =A0to them by > =A0 | =A0 somebody else who also recevied it as a forward from somebody > =A0 | =A0 that got it forwarded to them by somebody else that got it > =A0 | =A0 forwarded to them... and so on ad infinitum. =A0 On several > =A0 | =A0 occassions I have had to open as many as 30 or 40 messages to > get > =A0 | =A0 to what my "friend" wanted me to see. > =A0 | > =A0 | =A0 I have preached on that topic so many times (along with the use > =A0 | =A0 of BCC) that very few people send me forwards anymore. > =A0 | > =A0 | =A0 Nowadays when I get a forwarded message that was not cleaned up > =A0 | =A0 or was nested in another message I do a REPLY ALL to every > =A0 | =A0 address in every nested message telling them that I have sold > =A0 | =A0 their email address to a dozen different spammers. =A0When they > =A0 | =A0 reply asking how I got their address I explain how I got it and > =A0 | =A0 how they can prevent others from getting it. =A0I then suggest > they > =A0 | =A0 tell their friends to protect their email address by using the > =A0 | =A0 BCC function. =A0I also tell them I didn't really sell their > =A0 | =A0 address. > =A0 | > =A0 | =A0 Don > =A0 | > =A0 | > =A0 | =A0 Do YOU want a gmail account invitation? =A0Include your email > =A0 | =A0 address in the body of a private message to dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx > =A0 | > =A0 | > =A0 | =A0 ----- Original Message ----- > =A0 | =A0 From: "Bluebelle" <bluebelle1st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > =A0 | =A0 To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > =A0 | =A0 Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:10 AM > =A0 | =A0 Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: when sending emails. > =A0 | > =A0 | > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 Your point is good but I send jokes to people who > forward > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 my email address because they do not know how to cut > and > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 paste or forward without cutting addresses, AOL People > seem > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 to have a particular problem with this for some reason. > So > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 I have been writing from a throwaway address lately > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 (hotmail rather than my main address, maybe I will go > to > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 gmail for this since hotmail is rather slow and balky > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 sometimes). > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 Someone I did NOT know actually answered one of the > jokes I > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 had sent to someone on my list. By accident --but that > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 means my address is being sent out to potentially > thousands > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 of people. =A0I have requested several times that > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 they not forward my messages but cut and paste but I > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 continue to get hundreds of email addresses forwarded > to me > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 so I know they are not cutting them out. > =A0 | =A0 =A0| > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 Since there are a few people who reply it is not > practical > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 to send an address that is completely anonymous. > =A0 | =A0 =A0| > =A0 | =A0 =A0| =A0 Bluebelle > =A0 | =A0 =A0| > =A0 | =A0 -- > =A0 | =A0 <Please delete this line and everything below.> > =A0 | > =A0 | =A0 To unsub or change your email settings: > =A0 | =A0 //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > =A0 | > =A0 | =A0 To access our Archives: > =A0 | =A0 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > =A0 | =A0 //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > =A0 | > =A0 | =A0 For more info: > =A0 | =A0 //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk > > > > -- > <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