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whiskers Prowler Junkie Posts: 113 From: Redondo Beach, CA USA Registered: MAY 2004	posted 12-31-2005 01:36 PM > To All of us who send e-mail, This makes sense........... > To all of you that already do this, thank you. To all of you > that are unaware that this can be done please read this and do it. > As you can see I followed this procedure and am happy to do so to protect > your incoming Emails. > > This excellent message ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL of us who send e-mails. > Read the text 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. That's right, DELETE them. > You MUST click the "Forward" button first, 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. > Highlight them and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is > you know how to do. It only takes a second. > > 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. > A friend sent this information to me and I am passing on to all my address > list...so please, in the future, we can stop the junk mail and the viruses! > > If you have a minute, send this to your friends (but strip my address off first). > This is something that SHOULD be forwarded. Hope you find the above info useful and helpful. > ------------------ Mike
quincy Prowler Junkie Posts: 1635 From: Utica, Michigan, USA Registered: MAY 2004	posted 12-31-2005 02:01 PM Great advise I never realized!!
pumpkin Prowler Junkie Posts: 7907 From: Las Cruces, NM, USA Registered: DEC 2001	posted 12-31-2005 03:06 PM Good info, thanks.
Fat Pat Prowler Junkie Posts: 1242 From: Blue Springs, Missouri, USA Registered: DEC 2004	posted 12-31-2005 04:55 PM Thanks Whiskers...I get about 50-75 jokes a day from friends that think they are being friendly....I wish they wouldn't do it, but I don't know how to tell them without hurting their feelings...I will send them a copy of your post.
Gene Prowler Junkie Posts: 1256 From: St.Petersburg,Fl USA Registered: JUL 2002	posted 12-31-2005 05:19 PM learn something new each day and this info.is good to know.Idid not know what the BCC was.Thanks
TooHipCat Prowler Junkie Posts: 4173 From: Londonderry,NH Registered: MAR 2004	posted 12-31-2005 08:14 PM quote: Originally posted by Fat Pat: Thanks Whiskers...I get about 50-75 jokes a day from friends that think they are being friendly....I wish they wouldn't do it, but I don't know how to tell them without hurting their feelings...I will send them a copy of your post. Try and tell them nicely Pat that you do not want to receive their jokes anymore. I'm sure they will stop as long as you ask. Mike, That's real good info! I didn't know that you could do that with the BCC. Thanks! Brian
whiskers Prowler Junkie Posts: 113 From: Redondo Beach, CA USA Registered: MAY 2004	posted 12-31-2005 08:31 PM quote: Originally posted by Fat Pat: Thanks Whiskers...I get about 50-75 jokes a day from friends that think they are being friendly....I wish they wouldn't do it, but I don't know how to tell them without hurting their feelings...I will send them a copy of your post. Try telling them that too many jokes excedes your mailbox capacity. ------------------ Mike

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