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Comment from dunstergirl on 2007-03-18

2007-03-19T05:45:37Z

Sigh...not just urban legends (the Neiman-Marcus cookie one was making the rounds 15+ years ago when connections were still limited to dial-up BBSs) but the Internet equivalent of chain letters (send to 10 people and suddenly your life will change, of course for the better, until all your friends send you snippy comments about useless emails in their inbox), petitions (check the source first), "really cute" (and huge) pictures of animals that all your friends just HAVE to see, jokes, etc...PLEASE folks think about the recipient and whether a) they will really appreciate the message and b) they have the bandwidth to download it. I live in a rural community and pay a lot for satellite broadband (for my work) but most of my neighbours still use dialup and even they are guilty of passing on this stuff!

Think I'll bookmark this link for future replies to folks that I thoroughly like but who haven't fully learned "netiquette" yet....

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Comment from Georg on 2006-08-16

2006-08-16T13:22:55Z

I have lately been getting e-mails stating to invest in stock. These are coming from people I don't even know! They also ask me to send them to friends and family. Funny part is I looked into the stocks and their losing money not making it. They pass through the spam filter by using titles like...Re: dental negotiation

Besides adding them to my spam filter how can I block these people out?

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Comment from Tracey on 2006-01-15

2006-01-15T22:08:50Z

Thanks SO much, Leo, for this excellent summary of the things to be wary of in your Inbox. I've started providing the link to this article to everybody who sends me one of the offending emails, for their edification. Well done!

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Comment from Ingrid on 2005-11-23

2005-11-23T10:52:48Z

Hi, I don't think you've answered this:
Why do people actually make forwards? I'm guessing that it's not just for fun so they must be making money from it? Maybe you don't want to tell how it works incase more people get on the bandwagon, but please I am genuinly interested and it would help me convince others how wrong it is.

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Comment from Nishith on 2005-04-25

2005-04-25T19:21:19Z

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