Was I too harsh? How do you respond to chain mail?

[waggy]

I dont think you came down to hard. Recieving threats that a family one will die unless you email people sucks. i bet she dont do it again! though i would have replied to everyone. heh

 

[rh71]

If you've already told her not to do this in the past, this response was warranted. If it still continues, simply filter out mail that is BOTH from her address AND contains "Fwd:" in the subject field.

 

[rh71]

If you've already told her not to do this in the past, this response was warranted. If it still continues, simply filter out mail that is BOTH from her address AND contains "Fwd:" in the subject field.

 

[stormbv]

I'll usually flame my grandma for sending them to me.

 

[Amorphus]

I berate them, usually in semi-harsh tones about forwarding this junk to me, and anyone else, because those chain mails are unoriginal, stupid, and pointless. among other things.

I made up a chain mail before, let's see if I can use ATOT as the catalyst for its success. I'll try to dig it up.

 

[Tab]

Put them on your (Gay,Anal,Animal) porn chainmail!

 

[Crucial]

I send them a link to the snopes article proving the dumb email wrong. Then I tell them to stop promoting this crap.

 

[godspeedx]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte

Originally posted by: Kaervak
I politely tell people not to send me any chain letters again, I give them another couple of chances and I politely tell them not to do it again. After that I let them know I'm annoyed with them.. If they can't understand the basic concept of no I don't want this crap sent to me ever again and they keep sending it, I'm not going to be civil with them.

Thing is, we have dealt with this politely with her already. I guess I just lost my temper this time. I don't really regret sending it, but I dread our next meeting, whenever it might be.

Act as if it never happened when you see her again, it's surprisingly easy to do so when switching from cyber-world to the real-world. (The mind triggers a reminder to buy Reloaded Tuesday.)

 

[Ionizer86]

I think the tone works considering the more positive light on the last sentence.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: stormbv
I'll usually flame my grandma for sending them to me.

new sig time

 

[MrThermistor]

email bomb them

Or stop giving away your address.

 

[GeekDrew]

... unless you run a mail server for a private company

I give most people 1 warning... thereafter, if I or anyone else in the company complains about that person sending forwards, their address goes to :fail:

 

[DainBramaged]

It's pretty close to what I would have done.

 

[Nithin]

OMG! You didn't forward it????

 

[element]

"People do not die because they do not forward chain mail"

This is simply not true. People do die if they don't forward chain mail.










Then again they die if they do forward it too.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

right on! some people should just not have email.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: PipBoy
For me at least when someone sends a lot of those chain emails it really lowers my opinion of them. I think, wow, have they really been this much of an idiot all along?

I wonder about that too... People I thought were relatively intelligent and had common sense seem to lose all that when they sit in front of a computer.

 

[Geekbabe]

Somebody actually thinks enough of you to send you an email that wasn't about penis enlargement? :Q

I usually just filter out this sort of stuff,family and friends generally mean well,no need to hurt or insult them.