[what I really think about you when you do it]
Somewhere amidst all the chaos here I do have a point - I think it's worth the time.
or click here for the cleaned-up version.
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Attachment: Forwarded Message
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:31:08 -0800 (PST)
<http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/space.gif>From: "Orionyashirt" <notarealguy@snafoo?.com>
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To: notarealguy@snafoo?.com
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>> --- Aaron C <dachemuir0@socyl.com> wrote:
> > From Aaron C Mon Feb 11 16:19:08 2002
> > To: justjoshua@snafoo?.com
> > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:19:08 -0800
> > From: "Aaron C" <dachemuir0@socyl.com>
> > Reply-to: dachemuir0@socyl.com
> > Subject: Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Forwarding Email
> > Organization: socyl Mail
> (http://mail.socyl.com:80)
> > > > --(Don't you hate e-mail like this? Clean this crap up now !!)
> > --------- Forwarded Message ---------
> >
> > DATE: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:15:08
> > From: "Aaron C" <dachemuir0@socyl.com>
> > To: dachemuir0@socyl.com
> > --------- Forwarded Message ---------
> > DATE: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:14:01
> > From: whatyawant@aol.com
> > To: <dachemuir0@socyl.com>
>
> > I don't Get it!!
> > Send FREE Valentine eCards with socyl Greetings
> > http://greetings.socyl.com
> >
> > I don't Get it!!
> > Send FREE Valentine eCards with socyl Greetings
> > http://greetings.socyl.com> >
> > Note: forwarded message attached.
> > --- Orionyashirt <notarealguy@snafoo?.com> wrote:
> > > From Orionyashirt Mon Feb 11 16:06:26 2002
> > > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:06:26 -0800 (PST)
> > > From: Orionyashirt <notarealguy@snafoo?.com>
> > > Subject: Forwarding Email
> > > To: justjoshua@snafoo?.com
> > >
> > > I am not so sure how everyone out there feels
> when
> > > they get an e-mail that has been forwarded so
> many
> > > times that all the little brackets, arrows,
> > carrots
> > > or
> > > whatever those are break up the text so badly
> its
> > > almost impossible to follow it.
> > >
> > > I know it annoys me so badly I often do not
> bother
> > > to
> > > even read whatever they felt was so great they
> had
> > > to
> > > pass it on to me.
> > >
> > > It only takes a few minutes to copy the story,
> > paste
> > > it into whatever text editor/word processing
> > program
> > > you have and do a find/replace to get rid of the
> > > things.
> > >
> > > This rant is purposely written with these little
> > > brackets, arrows, carrots or whatever in place
> to
> > > illustrate just why its annoying. Is it
> working?
> > > If
> > > they are annoying you, click here for an
> automatic
> > > clean up of this rant. If you don't wish to
> clean
> > > it
> > > up, skip to the next paragraph and continue on.
> > >
> > > There, isn't this better? Were you able to find
> > your
> > > place again once you got here? If you didn't
> > bother
> > > to clean it up, you are far more patient and
> > > probably
> > > have less of an obsession with a neat orderly
> > > environment than I.
> > >
> > > I do have other problems with forwarding e-mail
> > that
> > > has to do with the length of the messages
> reaching
> > > such outrageous proportions due to people not
> > > realizing to forward you don't need to re-copy
> the
> > > text. When you click Forward, the message is
> > there,
> > > and you get a clean slate to type a quick note
> > about
> > > why you are forwarding the message, or a brief
> > > description of what it is and why you felt the
> > > reader
> > > should enjoy it.
> > >
> > > Then there is the matter of how easy it is for
> > > mischievous spammers to harvest a long line of
> > > addresses that are included, often with
> people's
> > > full
> > > names, and ip addresses that end up at the
> bottom
> > of
> > > the e-mail in the routing section. Don't
> believe
> > > me?
> > > simply look at the bottom of an e-mail next time
> > and
> > > if you see the other recipients full name in
> > > brackets,
> > > copy it paste it within quotations inside a
> search
> > > engine and see what you get.
> > >
> > > I found out where someone worked at a
> university
> > in
> > > central records processing just by her name
> alone.
> >
> > > I
> > > don't know this woman, she just seems to be in
> > every
> > > forward I get from someone else.
> > >
> > > Guaranteed, if you get a joke in an e-mail you
> can
> > > count on receiving it twenty times in the next
> six
> > > months. It is a vicious cycle.
> > >
> > > Don't get me started on virus hoax / threats.
> > > Research first. Then worry. There are many,
> many
> > > websites who serve the purpose of de-bunking all
> > of
> > > these ludicrous chain letters and virus hoaxes.
> > > Give
> > > it a shot, some of them make for interesting
> > > reading.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your time on this matter. Happy
> > > e-mailing!
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