Are you an email idiot?

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Lifer
Jul 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: jadinolf
Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
What a waste of 3 minutes of my life, I want cnet to repay me back those 3 minutes by not forcing me to see stupid advertisements when watching their videos...

How about the minutes you make us miss?

Those are uncountable
 

DaFinn

Diamond Member
Jan 24, 2002
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We're sorry to tell you this...
...but you're an e-mail idiot. You forward indiscriminately, you sign your friends up for spam, you reply to all with every little detail, you send nearly unreadable messages with vague or terrible subject lines, you're a security risk to yourself and others, and even worse, you sometimes don't read your e-mail at all. Please read this article on e-mail etiquette right away. It may not be too late to save yourself.


:p
 

Whitecloak

Diamond Member
May 4, 2001
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You're a genius!
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find someone who's mastered e-mail the way you have? You practice safe e-mailing; you use clear, concise language in text and subject lines; you're a judicious forwarder (if you ever forward at all); and you have excellent electronic manners. If you could spread your genius to others (but not in mass-produced e-mail), we'd appreciate it.
 

JustAnAverageGuy

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Aug 1, 2003
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9. You click a banner ad that takes you to HotNewThings.com. The site has a form where you can enter your friends' e-mail addresses to tell them about the site. You:
A. E-mail the site's URL to all the people on your "forwards" list.
B. Tell a select few people about it when you see them and happen to be thinking of it.
C. Get out that address book. This site is too good not to share, and they wouldn't spam anybody, right?

None of the above. I would not have clicked on the banner ad in the first place.
 

Penth

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Mar 9, 2004
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Wow, people who post on anandtech also know how to use email properly. I can't imagine there being any correlation between the two. On a side note, my grandma is an email idiot for sure. It's like a family joke about all the crap she forwards using incredimail.
 

Shawn

Lifer
Apr 20, 2003
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You're a genius!
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find someone who's mastered e-mail the way you have? You practice safe e-mailing; you use clear, concise language in text and subject lines; you're a judicious forwarder (if you ever forward at all); and you have excellent electronic manners. If you could spread your genius to others (but not in mass-produced e-mail), we'd appreciate it.
 

grrl

Diamond Member
Jun 21, 2001
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My mom's going to be so excited when I tell her I'm officially a genius.
 

JoeKing

Lifer
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lol, funny quiz. Working for many institutions you would be amazed at the number of people that do some of the wrond answers.
 

Adica

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Dec 11, 2004
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Ya Ya I should send this link to my non-genius(email idiot) friend that spams me all the time! I can't stand it anymore!

I have been looking for a way to ask her not to mail me anymore.
(She is a customer at work and is like 65 years old)

THANKS!