>>> >>>> PLEASE READ THIS. >>>> >>>> >>>> Petition info at end particularly interesting. >>>> >>>> >>>> This puts a different spin on things we send.................... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Advice from Snopes >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Here is a nice little tidbit of information that came my way this  >>>> morning. So if any of you are wondering why I didn't return  >>>> something to you that said something like 'if I don't get this  >>>> back I'll....or, 'See how many flowers you can get back', or >>>> >>>> ' Forward this to 10 people in the next 5 mins. Or something bad  >>>> will happen to you', etc. >>>> >>>> The following is why I don't send them back. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Advice from Snopes.Com <http://snopes.Com/> >>>> >>>> 1) Any time you see an E-Mail that says forward this on to '10'  >>>> of your friends, or sign this petition, or you'll get bad luck,  >>>> good luck, or whatever, it almost always has an E-Mail tracker  >>>> program attached that tracks the cookies and E-Mails of those  >>>> folks you forward to. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The host sender is getting a copy each time it gets forwarded and  >>>> then is able to get lists of 'active' E-Mails to use in SPAM E- >>>> Mails, or sell to other spammers. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2) Almost all E-Mails that ask you to add your name and forward  >>>> on to others are similar to that mass letter years ago that asked  >>>> people to send business cards to the little kid in Florida who  >>>> wanted to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most cards. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> All it was, and all any of this type of E-Mail is, is a way to  >>>> get nam es and 'cookie ' tracking information for telemarketers  >>>> and spammers - - to validate active E-Mail accounts for their own  >>>> profitable purposes. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> You can do your friends and family members a GREAT favor (PLEASE)  >>>> by sending this information to them; you will be providing a  >>>> service to your friends, and will be rewarded by not getting  >>>> thousands of spam E-Mails in the future! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If you have been sending out (FORWARDING) the above kinds of E- >>>> Mail, now you know why you get so much SPAM! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Do yourself a favor and STOP adding your name(S) to those types  >>>> of listings regardless how inviting they might sound! You may  >>>> think you are supporting a GREAT cause, but you are NOT in the  >>>> long run. Instead, you will be getting tons of junk mail later!  >>>> Plus, we are helping the spammers get rich! Let's don't make it  >>>> easy for them! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Also: E-Mail petitions are NOT acceptable to Congress or any  >>>> other or ganization. To be acceptable, petitions must have a  >>>> signed signature and full address of the person signing the  >>>> petition. >>>> >>>> Read the full story here: >>>> >>>> Http://WWW.snopes.Com/inboxer/petition/Internet.asp >>>> >>>>