Subject: How to send and forward an e-mail
IMPORTANT!! HOW TO FORWARD EMAIL APPROPRIATELY
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>>>>>
>>>>> A friend who is a computer expert received the
>>>>> following directly from a system administrator for a
>>>>> corporate system. It is an excellent message that
>>>>> ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL of us who send e-mails.
>>>>> Please read the short letter below, even if you're
>>>>> sure you already follow proper procedures.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you really know how to forward e-mails? 50%
>>>>> of us do; 50% DO NOT.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk
>>>>> mail? Do you hate it?
>>>>> Every time you forward an e-mail there is
>>>>> information left over from the people who got the
>>>>> message before you, namely their e-mail addresses &
>>>>> names. As the messages get forwarded along, the
>>>>> list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds,
>>>>> and all it takes is for some poor sap to get a
>>>>> virus, and his or her computer can send that virus
>>>>> to every e-mail address that has come across his
>>>>> computer. Or, someone can take all of those
>>>>> addresses and sell them or send junk mail to them in
>>>>> the hopes that you will go to the site and he will
>>>>> make five cents for each hit. That's right, all of
>>>>> that inconvenience over a nickel! How do you stop
>>>>> it? Well, there are several easy steps:
>>>>>
>>>>> (1) When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of
>>>>> the other addresses that appear in the body of the
>>>>> message (at the top). That's right, DELETE them.
>>>>> Highlight them and delete them, backspace them, cut
>>>>> them, whatever it is you know how to do. It only
>>>>> takes a second. You MUST click the "Forward" button
>>>>> first and then you will have full editing
>>>>> capabilities against the body and headers of the
>>>>> message. If you don't click on "Forward" first, you
>>>>> won't be able to edit the message at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> (2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than
>>>>> one person, do NOT use the To: or Cc: fields for
>>>>> adding e-mail addresses. Always use the BCC: (blind
>>>>> carbon copy) field for listing the e-mail addresses.
>>>>> This is the way the people you send to will only
>>>>> see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your
>>>>> BCC: option click on where it says To: and your
>>>>> address list will appear. Highlight the address and
>>>>> choose BCC: and that's it, it's that easy. When you
>>>>> send to BCC: your message will automatically say
>>>>> "Undisclosed Recipients" in the "TO:" field of the
>>>>> people who receive it.
>>>>>
>>>>> (3) Remove any "FW :" in the subject line.
>>>>> You can re-name the subject if you wish or even fix
>>>>> spelling.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (4) ALWAYS hit your Forward button from the
>>>>> actual e-mail you are reading. Ever get those
>>>>> e-mails that you have to open 10 pages to read the
>>>>> one page with the information on it? By Forwarding
>>>>> from the actual page you wish someone to view, you
>>>>> stop them from having to open many e-mails just to
>>>>> see what you sent.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (5) Have you ever gotten an email that is a
>>>>> petition? It states a position and asks you to add
>>>>> your name and address and to forward it to 10 or 15
>>>>> people or your entire address book. The email can
>>>>> be forwarded on and on and can collect thousands of
>>>>> names and email addresses. A FACT: The completed
>>>>> petition is actually worth a couple of bucks to a
>>>>> professional spammer because of the wealth of valid
>>>>> names and email addresses contained therein. If you
>>>>> want to support the petition, send it as your own
>>>>> personal letter to the intended recipient. Your
>>>>> position may carry more weight as a personal letter
>>>>> than a laundry list of names and email address on a
>>>>> petition. (Actually, if you think about it, who's
>>>>> supposed to send the petition in to whatever cause
>>>>> it supports? And don't believe the ones that say
>>>>> that the email is being traced, it just aint so!)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (6) One of the main ones I hate is the ones
>>>>> that say that something like, "Send this email to 10
>>>>> people and you'll see something great run across
>>>>> your screen." Or, sometimes they'll just tease you
>>>>> by saying something really cute will happen. IT AINT
>>>>> GONNA HAPPEN!!!!! (Trust me, I'm still seeing some
>>>>> of the same ones that I waited on 10 years ago!) I
>>>>> don't let the bad luck ones scare me either, they
>>>>> get trashed. (Could be why I haven't won the
>>>>> lottery??)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 7) Before you forward an Amber Alert, or a
>>>>> Virus Alert, or some of the other ones floating
>>>>> around nowadays, check them out before you forward
>>>>> them. Most of them are junk mail that's been
>>>>> circling the net for YEARS! Just about everything
>>>>> you receive in an email that is in question can be
>>>>> checked out at Snopes. Just go to www.snopes.com
.
>>>>>
>>>>> Its really easy to find out if it's real or
>>>>> not. If it's not, please don't pass it on.
>>>>>
>>>>> So please, in the future, let's stop the junk
>>>>> mail and the viruses.
>>>>>
>>>>> Finally, here's an idea!!! Let's send this to
>>>>> everyone we know (but strip my address off first,
>>>>> please). This is something that SHOULD be
>>>>> forwarded.
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