If you really feel it is necessary to tell your 50 closest friends about a scam to get Microsoft to give you a dollar, or to let everyone you know how much you support the troops, or to warn mothers about spider eggs in infant formula, or whatever else happens to be floating around the internet; please do me this one favor…Don’t send it to me!
But I know you, your lack of judgment and tact will force you to send your email; if not to me, then to everyone else. So, when you do eventually send this mind-numbing-tripe to your 49 remaining friends, don’t use the TO field, use the BCC(blind carbon copy) field. Send it to yourself, then BCC all the unluckily souls that will be bothered by the internet diarrhea that you feel must be passed on so you can find true love or have 5 wishes or whatever.
By utilizing this wondrous technology you will be protecting the identity of your 49 other friends. This serves to purposes:
1. It keeps your 49 friends from having to acknowledge that they know you.
2. It will protect their email address from spammers who use your stupid emails to populate their email lists.
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1 comment:
amen, brother.
BCC always!
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