Next time you get a chain email

**Greg_Nuspel** · 11-11-2009, 01:58 PM

Always google the story when you get a chain email. There are so many racist that like to start trouble. Last week I received one about the schools in the UK stopping teaching about the holocaust because Muslims found it offensive, here is the truth BBC NEWS | UK | Education | UK government acts on hoax e-mail

I keep getting emails like this and I now react by 'replying to all' the link to the truth. Many racists play on the people who are on the fence about a group of people and are easily pushed over the edge. Tolerance of other people is only possible through education.

End of rant.

**AntZ** · 11-11-2009, 06:11 PM

Me too. Its so easy to search and find if something is a hoax or not. It drives me wild when friends and family who should know better forward this garbage to me.

**Fortytwo** · 11-12-2009, 03:57 AM

I don't want to spoil your fun, but NEVER reply to those emails. They are only send out to harvest email adresses so some *** can send loads of spam to them. Best of all is to ignore and delete them...

Although I must admit it is shocking what people are willing to believe...

**Greg_Nuspel** · 11-12-2009, 06:37 AM

Originally Posted by Fortytwo

I don't want to spoil your fun, but NEVER reply to those emails. They are only send out to harvest email adresses so some *** can send loads of spam to them. Best of all is to ignore and delete them...

Although I must admit it is shocking what people are willing to believe...

No these are the ones just sent by your contacts that think they have found something important, I know the ones that are mining for emails they tend not to be on controversial topics and tend to be on get rich quick schemes. I hardly see those anymore since my email tends to kill all of those.

**AntZ** · 11-12-2009, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by Greg_Nuspel

No these are the ones just sent by your contacts that think they have found something important, I know the ones that are mining for emails they tend not to be on controversial topics and tend to be on get rich quick schemes. I hardly see those anymore since my email tends to kill all of those.

Yep, same here. I only reply to try and educate my friends and family to check their facts before forwarding.

**Fortytwo** · 11-12-2009, 07:34 AM

I see. Still, it's a good idea to remove all previous senders from the email. You never know where it might end up...

**AntZ** · 11-12-2009, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by Fortytwo

I see. Still, it's a good idea to remove all previous senders from the email. You never know where it might end up...

I agree. It good email etiquette to forward email with all previous email addresses removed. I also prefer to use BCC unless all of the recipients know each other. Unfortunately its not something most people do. I often get email that has been forwarded 43 times with the actual content 3 pages down.