Inbox is a joy now that I have un-subscribed to just about every

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political and promotional e-mail. I even got a response from classmates.com where they said someone subscribed at this address. No sir! I had to fish through their information to find any address to e-mail to without setting up this fictitious account with a user name and password that does not exist. Lets see if they do stop pestering me.
Time to simplify things. I don't get too much spam, I guess my filter works well but my address sure has been passed around. I think it is from those fine folks that keep forwarding junk to me with about a miles worth of manes in the TO: address. It really takes no time to clean up a forwarded e-mail if you really, really need to forward it.

This is the long and short of it. Easy and only takes a second. Pass it around

Subject: FW: Excellent information for sending e-mail



> >
> > Most of you may know this but forward to the ones that don't do
> > this!!! This is good information and makes for much cleaner forwarding of
> > email. AND of course reduces the opportunity for spam or
> > viruses...............
> > It is an excellent message that ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL of us who
> > send e-mails.
> > Please read the short letter below .
> > ________________________________
> > 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 two 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. High light 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: columns for adding e-mail address. Always use the
> > BCC:(blind carbon copy) column for listing the e-mail addresses. This is
> > the
> > way that people you send to 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're
> > 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.
> >
> > 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 QUITE A FEW 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.
> >
> > 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). This message is something that SHOULD be
> > forwarded.
> >
> >
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