Maybe--if I tell some of them I am changing my address and return those messages for awhile I could get them to change it--LOL ----- Original Message ----- From: " milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:56 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: when sending emails. > IF they WILL take you off their list..giggle. That takes work too. And I > can't tell my stepmother to take me off her list. ARGHHHH. She CAN't > learn..so she says. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bluebelle" <bluebelle1st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:04 AM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: when sending emails. > > > Has that worked? > I have sent replies to the offenders showing all the addresses inside the > forwards they sent and THAT did NOT work. > > If anyone has info on how AOL users can work around the forwards, could > they > give us a tutorial so we can forward it on to those AOL users who do > forwards all the time?? > I really should just stop sending to those who use AOL and tell them to > take > me off their list. > I keep thinking there must be a way to get it fixed. > > Bluebelle > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:10 AM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: when sending emails. > > >> 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 >> >> >> Do YOU want a gmail account invitation? Include your email address in >> the >> body of a private message to dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bluebelle" <bluebelle1st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:10 AM >> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: when sending emails. >> >> >>> Your point is good but I send jokes to people who forward my email >>> address >>> because they do not know how to cut and paste or forward without cutting >>> addresses, AOL People seem to have a particular problem with this for >>> some >>> reason. So I have been writing from a throwaway address lately (hotmail >>> rather than my main address, maybe I will go to gmail for this since >>> hotmail >>> is rather slow and balky sometimes). >>> Someone I did NOT know actually answered one of the jokes I had sent to >>> someone on my list. By accident --but that means my address is being >>> sent >>> out to potentially thousands of people. I have requested several times >>> that >>> they not forward my messages but cut and paste but I continue to get >>> hundreds of email addresses forwarded to me so I know they are not >>> cutting >>> them out. >>> >>> Since there are a few people who reply it is not practical to send an >>> address that is completely anonymous. >>> >>> Bluebelle >> >> -- >> <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 > > > > -- > <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