On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 01:22:42PM -0400, Jones, Scott (GE Money, > consultant) wrote: > > I have a few friends who are nice and fun otherwise, but have no clue > > about sending email to their vast group of friends. You know, the ones > > who include all 50 pages of the email which includes the headers with > > ALL their friends addresses. > > > > Is there any fun and yet legal way of passing them a little pain, a bit > > of annoyance, to teach them to use Bcc: and to trim off needless parts > > of emails they forward? Anyone know of any tactics to get their > > attention? > > > > What would be the ramifications of snagging someone's list and sending a > > notice about netiquette to it, or similar? > > > > Suggestions? > > While you're at it, don't forget to mention the evils of shouting, top > posting and hijacking threads. I'm sure they will instantly realize > the errors of their ways, and reform. > > -- > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFJ3oLY//ZMSE7N39sRAtYaAJ9A6HLM10+2SESzynj3sEYyvoTpqQCfTY5G > lrrG1tB/tmA5xe+6F/sLDB8= > =yfLW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > I would just "Reply to all" and say something like: "I really enjoyed hearing from you it has been a while... how is that rash that you of yours doing?" but that is just me :) /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
