I've hit upon a solution to that - if I've got friends that are terminal
goobers about forwarding crap, I simply direct them to my Yahoo! account.
It's free, and I don't have to check it every day. All I tell them is,
"Gee, you send me so much interesting stuff, but it gets lost in the huge
volume of mail I get every day. Could you be so kind as to send it to this
email address instead, so I can make sure I've got a good archive of this
stuff?"
I find that works much better than what I used to do, which is call the
person up and start screaming profanity at them until they agree to stop
filling my mailbox with crap.
Of course, there is the one friend that still forwards me every email
petition there is, but it's kind of fun posting my detailed explanation as
to why those &#@)*#&!! things are no good to everyone else the petition has
been sent to.
Adam C. Lipscomb
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ICQ# 32384792
----- Original Message -----
From: Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 4:35 AM
Subject: RE: Breaking the law
> Just venting.
> Kevin Tarr
> Trump high, lead low
>
> just venting, 3 times, in HTML... SINNER!!!!! ;o)
>
> <L>
>
> Sounds like a total nightmare. I have a couple of friends who insist on
> sending me *every* 'virus warning' that comes their way.
>
> When confronted with the hoax pages from the antivirus folks (again!!!)
it's
> always "Well, better to be safe than sorry, it could have been real this
> time."
> Um.... when the text is *IDENTICAL*, apart from the name of the virus???
And
> I am safe. I don't go to warez sitez, I use a virus checker, I don't open
> unsolicited e-mail, and I have a firewall...
>
> "But... but... oh, have you forwarded that other e-mail to raise money for
> that kid with a brain tumour in Okinawa? That was from Microsoft, it must
be
> real."
>
> <sigh>
>
> Charlie
>
>
