----- Original Message ----- From: To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 11:36 AM Subject: [AMER-REV] AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-D Digest Do you really know how to forward e-mails? > Do you really know how to forward e-mails? 50% of us do; 50% DO NOT. > > Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail? Do you hate it? > > Every time you forward an e-mail there is information left over from the > people who got the message before you, namely their e-mail addresses & > names. As > the messages get forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and > builds, > and builds, and all it takes is for some poor sap to get a virus, and his > or > her computer can send that virus to every E-mail address that has come > across > his computer. Or, someone can take all of those addresses and sell them or > send junk mail to them in the hopes that you will go to the site and he > will make > five cents for each hit. That's right, all of that inconvenience over a > nickel! How do you stop it? > > Well, there are two easy steps: > > (1) When you forward e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear > in > the body of the message (at the top). That's right; DELETE them. Highlight > them and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know > how to > do. It only takes a second. You MUST click the "Forward" button first and > then you will have full editing capabilities against the body and headers > of > the message. If you don't click on "Forward" first, you won't be able to > edit > the message at all. > > (2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, do NOT use the > To: > or Cc: columns for adding e-mail address. Always use the BCC: (blind > carbon > copy) column for listing the e-mail addresses. This is the way that people > you > send to only see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your BCC: > option > click on where it says To: and your address list will appear. Highlight > the > address and choose BCC: and that's it, it's that easy. When you send to > BCC: > your message will automatically say "Undisclosed Recipients in the "TO:" > field > of the people who receive it. > > (3) Remove any "FW:" in the subject line. You can rename the subject if > you > wish or even fix spelling. > > (4) ALWAYS hit your Forward button from the actual e-mail you're > reading.... > Ever get those e-mails that you have to open 10 pages to read the one page > with the information on it? By Forwarding from the actual page you wish > someone to view, you stop them from having to open many e-mails just to > see what you > sent. > > Have you ever gotten an email that is a petition? It states a position > And asks you to add your name and address and to forward it to 10 or 15 > people or your entire address book. The email can be forwarded on and on > and can > collect thousands of names and email addresses. > > A FACT: The completed petition is actually worth a couple of bucks to a > professional spammer because of the wealth of valid names and email > addresses > contained therein. If you want to support the petition, send it as your > own > personal letter to the intended recipient. Your position may carry more > weight as a > personal letter than a laundry list of names and email addresses on a > petition. > > So please, in the future, let's stop the junk mail and the viruses. > > Finally, here's an idea!! Let's send this to everyone we know (but strip > my > address off first). This is something that SHOULD be forwarded. > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION list, send the command > "unsubscribe" to > AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or > AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > >