E-Mail Rant

Yes I need another cup of Tea, & maybe chocolate, but for crying out loud…think, People! That is why the almighty gave us Brains, use them.

E-mail
With the Birth of the Internet, and all its wonders e-mail has quickly became its Bastard child. E-mail carries Viruses, hoaxes, guilt trips, chain letters, porn, and it all falls under the heading SPAM. “Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages. While the most widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media.” (wikipedia)
Every one reports to HATE SPAM…. then why is there so much of it in my In-box?
It isn’t coming from random folks that I only communicate with once in a blue moon; it is all coming from FAMILY and FRIENDS!

Aunt/Uncle/Friend #1 sends it their family/friend list…they in turn send it to their family list ect, ect…It lands in my Inbox not once but anywhere from 3-15 times…& since My FAMILY and FRIENDS Might actually send me something Important, I can not relegate their e-mail addresses to the Junk E-mail folder.

Therefore some things to consider:

How many of you have actually looked at ALL the e-mail forward addresses? How many times has it already been forwarded? Has it already reached the people you intend to forward it to? If it has DON’T SEND IT AGAIN!

Virus Warnings, Missing Children, Money Sharing, think about what you have read, what specifics are missing? Dates? Times? Then check http://www.snopes.com/, or http://www.breakthechain.org/ if it is a Hoax…Guess what, DON’T SEND IT!

Jokes, Funny/amazing Pictures, if you really have to forward it, please trim the excess forwarded addresses. Hit forward and in the message body Left click at the beginning holding your mouse key drag down, highlighting each section of forwarded addresses. When you have reached the actual Joke, release the left key and hit Delete. It’s easy; it’s simple & makes the e-mail easier to load when the next person opens it. Does this seem like too much hassle? Guess what, DON’T SEND IT!

E-mail was intended to be a quick way of communicating…when was the last time you sent e-mail asking “How are you today?” or have you already sent that person 10 meaningless forwards?

READ, THINK, TRIM, SEND, or DELETE you have options use them.