Jude, I think those reasons are all reasons why people don't like things forwarded to the TMIC (another reason is the fact that most of those e-mail forwards have been going around for years and many of us have seen most of them dozens of times already.) I think most people don't forward things to the TMIC much any more except by accident or if they are new. Away from the TMIC, I only forward things that I think are particularly good to people who I know like to receive them; I usually copy and paste instead of just hitting forward so the whole list of people's addresses isn't' forwarded on. I always check any story with snopes.com before sending to make sure it is not a falsehood. I never send "sign this petition" e-mails because those just keep going around in cyberspace and never get anywhere -- if I am concerned about an issue I'll write my congressman or the company involved directly. I do not forward anything that refers to luck or something good happening if you forward it or bad happening if you don't. I don't send back to the sender what they've forwarded to me -- I think the "if you receive this back you have a lot of friends" types of forwards are kinda pathetic. When receiving forwards I most often regard it as well-meaning on the part of the sender. I'll ask them to stop or take me off their list if they send something with off-color jokes or something anti-Christian, etc. Otherwise I just read it and delete. I don't usually click on hyperlinks in e-mails any more because that ploy is often used as a "phishing" device -- you click on the link and it takes you to a place where your information is gathered. If you buy or sell through ebay or use Paypal, NEVER click on links in e-mails telling you that there is a problem or your account has been suspended. That's a phishing ploy to take you to a false site to enter your information, credit card numbers, etc., in so someone else can use it. If you get an e-mail like that always close it and then go to the ebay or Paypal sites and log in as usual and check your account to see if there is a problem rather than clicking on a link in an e-mail. Barbara H. _http://barbarah.wordpress.com/_ (http://barbarah.wordpress.com/) In a message dated 4/29/2007 10:39:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You know, since receiving the email with recommendations from ME, I have done a lot of thinking about our etiquette with regard to forwarding email from large groups of people to others. There really is a risk for contamination involved when doing that, We risk our own email status as well as that of our friends and coworkers. I know that while I have almost quit forwarding email altogether, I am not nearly leery enough, nor do I go far enough to make sure that my friends and relatives email addresses are protected from Internet predators. I will from now on, promise to "copy and paste" information when passing it along to others. And, quite frankly, upon polling my friends and such, while we all enjoy a pleasant "thinking of you" or "get better" or "Happy Birthday" card when relevant, none of us likes more than one or two forwards from the same person in any given day. I have had to write emails actually asking people to not send so many silly cards and post cards that take up so much of my time and can clog my PO Box so that I miss more pertinent mail. How do those of you out there in TMIC land feel about this subject? And, what if anything ought we do about each one of us taking our part in changing, if necessary, in the future? Or, should I simply be more thankful for getting any and all of the email that I do get and Thank the Lord that there are people who think of me at all? There are two ways to look at this. Peace, Jude ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
