> This is interesting..guess there will be a lot less e-mails being sent to
> everyone.
>
> The man that sent this information is a computer tech. He spends a lot of
> time clearing the junk off computers for people and listens to complaints
> about speed. All forwards are not bad, just some.
> Be sure you read the very last paragraph.
>
> Please read:
>
> By now, I suspect everyone is familiar with
http://www.snopes.com and/or
>
http://www..truthorfiction.com for determining whether information received via
> email is just that: true /false or fact /fiction. Both are excellent sites.
>
> Advice from Snopes.com Very important!
>
> 1) Any time you see
>
> an E-Mail that says forward this on to '10' (or however many) of your
> friends, sign this petition, or you'll get bad luck, good luck,
>
> you'll see something funny on your screen after you send it, 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-Mail addresses to use in
>
> SPAM E-Mails, or sell to other spammers. Even when you get emails that
> demand you send the email on if you're not ashamed of
>
> God / Jesus .....that's E-mail tracking and they' re playing on our
> conscience. These people don' t care how they get your email
>
> addresses - just as long as they get them.
>
> Also, emails that talk about a missing child or a child with an incurable
> disease "how would you feel if that was your child"....E-mail
>
> Tracking!!! Ignore them and don't participate!
>
> 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 names 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
>
> 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!
>
> Do yourself a favor and STOP adding your name(s) to those types of
> listings regardless how inviting they might sound!...or make
>
> you feel guilty if you don' t!....it's all about getting email addresses -
> nothing more!
>
> You may think you are supporting a GREAT cause, but you are NOT! Instead,
> you will be getting tons of junk mail later and very
>
> possibly a virus attached! Plus, we are helping the spammers get rich!
> Let's not make it easy for them!
>
> Also: E-Mail petitions are NOT acceptable to Congress or any other
> organi
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