Arrow-right Camera

Color Scheme

Subscribe now

JeanieS: Dealing w/Chain Emails

JeanieS: I want an email system that can ferret out those nasty chain emails that threaten you with dire consequences, even death, if you do not forward said email to eight, ten, or one hundred of your closest friends within the next 60 seconds.  I think an automated reply would help my attitude, something like:  “Dear friend of Jeanie.  Jeanie received your wonderful little email about praying for a girl in England who has a rare disease (however fact checker notes that this girl has since been cured and grew up to become a hooker somewhere in Manhattan and is now 59 years old), and further your email stated that if Jeanie didn’t pray for this now-not-girl AND forward your email to 29 friends, she would *poof* and be gone.  We wanted you to know that Jeanie has indeed disappeared and her email box if full and no longer accepting your emails and they are being forwarded to politicians all over the United States that we would like to have disappear too.”

Question: How do you deal with unwanted chain emails or forwards from friends and family?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog