What do you do with forwarded emails?

@ram_cv (16513)
India
July 24, 2010 8:58am CST
What do you do with forwarded emails that says forward it to 5 or 10 more people else something will happen? I get really frustrated by such emails and junk them and keep thinking who are the gullible people who keep forwarding these again and again!! What is your approach to such mails? Cheers! Ram
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@bubulizzz (508)
• Latvia
24 Jul 10
I hate mails like this. When I see the title of such a mail, I even don't open it. I always delete these letters. And I don't believe in words which say that will happen this or that!
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
24 Jul 10
Good.. but do you mark them off as spams for the spam filters to register? Cheers! Ram
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• Latvia
25 Jul 10
No, because lot of them are sent from my friends, which can send some normal letters too, so if I would mark them as spam, then I wouldn't get any letters from them.
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@ip5217 (1655)
• Philippines
24 Jul 10
Those messages annoy me a lot. What makes it even more irritating is the fact that they would make you feel guilty if you don't forward these messages. I don't read those messages.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
24 Jul 10
Yes, and they come in all kinds of flavors, religions beliefs, emotional appeals or monetary benefits!! Cheers! Ram
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@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
24 Jul 10
Hello ram, Just this morning I received a text message from one of my friends asking that to forward to 210 people and to wait for the instant miracle. And instantly I deleted the message. Likewise I do get similar mails through INTERNET but have not got any guarantee that re forwarding the mail I would get some benefits. If I see that interesting I d forward to some of my friends who I know would be delighted to read the content, nothing of any seriousness though.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
25 Jul 10
Apart from deleting you need to mark them as spam!! Keep the good work going. Cheers! Ram
@krajibg (11922)
• Guwahati, India
25 Jul 10
Yeah, I think I should do that. Thank you...
@epicure35 (2814)
• United States
17 Sep 10
Dependint on the subject, I generally forward them. I mostly know who is sending them to me, so it's OK.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
18 Sep 10
The problem with such mails are that most of them are no longer valid subjects. Cheers! Ram
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
26 Jul 10
I get a lot of those types of e-mails, especially from my one friend. If I like the content, I might forward it but not because I believe something bad will happen if I don't. I only have 3 peoples e-mail address, and they are usually from one of them, so I couldn't forward it to five people if I wanted to.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
26 Jul 10
Yes, but what happens is if you forward the mail and the receiver then goes on to forward to 5 people, you have inadvertedly added to the chain. I would suggest, remove the portions that ask you to forward it to so many people and then forward these mails. That way that person does not forward it to another 5 people and so on. Cheers! Ram
@krnavtr (285)
• India
28 Jul 10
Me too get frustrated by such emails.Before i used to forward to every person but now i am really fed up and i don't give dam.I think nothing will happen if we don't forward and let it happen,i won't mind.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
28 Jul 10
I actually reply back to the sender as well these days to educate them on this. Cheers! Ram
@Qaeyious (2357)
• United States
26 Jul 10
Report them as spam if your email program has that option, because that is what they are. Otherwise delete.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
26 Jul 10
Exactly. Thanks for the response. Cheers! Ram
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
25 Jul 10
I delete them. I especially hate the ones that say if you forward this to 10 or 15 friends you will see something amazing or that Bill Gates will send you a check for a couple of grand. With those I usually hit "reply" and ask the sender if it worked. It never does.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
25 Jul 10
Oh!! Bill Gates and the AOL thing is a cult classic!! Even now I receive it some times :) Cheers! Ram
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
24 Jul 10
i just label them as spam. i dont really read this kinds of emails.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
25 Jul 10
Good... that is the right way to treat them... Cheers! Ram
@indhunair (259)
• India
25 Jul 10
i hate it i wont even read it at all.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
25 Jul 10
Yes, but you can delete and report it as a spam. Cheers! Ram
@Steinway (307)
• United States
25 Jul 10
Here lately when I get those kind of e-mails, I just press the delete button.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
25 Jul 10
You can also mark them as spam. Cheers! Ram
• United States
25 Jul 10
Usually do not it is heading in this direction until I get the instruction about forwarding, normally I hit delete as my goodness do people really think this really works. Ugh.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
25 Jul 10
Yeah, that is the last slide of the presentation or the last line of the mail!! Really irritating!! Cheers! Ram
@katiesueg (257)
• Italy
25 Jul 10
I got one of those about three days ago. It was very annoying and pointless. I can't figure out who puts them out and why. I just deleted it. Luckily I don't get very many of them. Most of my friends don't send those kinds of chain letters.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
25 Jul 10
If you do not get much of those, then you are really lucky guy!! Cheers! Ram
@mrfarhan (11)
• Pakistan
25 Jul 10
I don't think I hate anything more than that when people forward mails or sms to me with a saying that if you do this this will happen to you and blah blah blah............ And my response to these things is always like ignoring them and deleting them, sending them to junk folder! I just can't bear such things! After all you live in a world of science where everything happens with a logic! And what's the logic behind these emails!
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
25 Jul 10
Yep.. some gullible people making life miserable for all of us!! Cheers! Ram
• India
24 Jul 10
The moment i read the first line Viz, "forward this to 10 members including me..." Gosh.. i my BP raises up.. and curse the sender.. and press the delete button with a bang.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
24 Jul 10
:) Yes, so now these forwards are also a health hazard!! Cheers! Ram
@maezee (41988)
• United States
24 Jul 10
I totally ignore these. In fact, I totally ignore almost all forwards I get, unless I REALLY think they are interesting enough, and then I send them to a couple people who I think may enjoy them. It seems like I have't been getting forwards lately (mainly I just get spam). Haha.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
24 Jul 10
Yes, I do get a lot of forwards from contacts and then I keep replying back to them hey this is a hoax and don't fall for this!! Cheers! Ram
@picjim (3002)
• India
24 Jul 10
Junking them is the best policy.The first person who receives them shouldn't forward them to others. Previously i was receiving mails like if you forward the mail to 5 members the money shall go to some cause,i don't know if the money reaches the needy but i used to forward such mails to my friends.Now i don't even look at the mails which say forward to 5 or more people.
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
24 Jul 10
No, the money will not go to anyone. It is just a prank played by someone or the other to get people to forward such mails!! Cheers! Ram
@dsrp82 (676)
• Brazil
24 Jul 10
I hate them! I don't read
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@ram_cv (16513)
• India
24 Jul 10
Good and do you flag them off as spam!! Cheers! Ram