To All
Considerate People
With E-mail Addresses. . .
Here
are two very important things you absolutely MUST know about e-mail:
Number
One:
When you forward
or send e-mails to your entire address book, it's very important to use the "Bcc:"
field instead of the "To:" or "Cc:" field.
When
you send e-mails using the "To:" or "Cc:" field, ALL of the
recipients can read everyone else's e-mail address.
The
reason this is a problem is that any one of these recipients can click a few buttons
and add all these e-mail addresses to their own address book. Some people do this
automatically without thinking about it; others maliciously use the addresses
for spam campaigns.
To
easily avoid all this and do your part in promoting a happy Internet community,
place your own address in the To: field and all the other addresses in the Bcc:
field. That stands for "blind carbon copy" and will make the addresses
invisible to the recipients. And by sending yourself a copy, you ensure the e-mail
was sent correctly.
It's
just as easy for you and much nicer for your friends.
Remember:
Use the Bcc: field to send to more than one address.
Number
Two:
Ninety-nine
percent of all "virus warnings," "amazing stories," or "interesting
facts" you receive in your e-mail are HOAXES.
Here's
a simple rule: No matter how authentic the e-mail looks or sounds, before you
forward it to ANYONE, check it out FIRST at the Urban Legends Reference Pages
at this link:
http://www.snopes.com
Simply
plug a key word or two from the e-mail into the Snopes search box, and a full
report will appear, letting you know if it is real or a hoax. It's fast, easy,
and actually fun.
Practice
these two simple rules and you will be doing a great service to your friends and
the Internet community.
Thank
you so much!
P.S. Please
forward the link to this page (below) to any or all of your friends (using the
above rules, of course!)
http://www.brucehurley.com/netiquette
P.P.S.
While you're here, check out this page.
P.P.P.S.
For more info on Internet etiquette, go to:
http://www.getnetiquette.com/
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