Forwarding 'FW' or Mass Email Sending
It is with deep regret, that I have had to post this and really hope those who send 'FW' mail will understand. Few years ago now, I received a nasty virus on my machine when I opened which appeared to be an innocent 'funny' email from a forum friend, and which was obviously sent to all members on their contact list. Evident by the many email addresses shown at the top of the email? Now, please understand, that I now have a program integrated into my mail filter to block, bounce FW mail. So unless it is personal, and to me and me only, one on one contact, it'll go in a blacklist. The reason being, you only need one 'contact' or 'address book' list compromised on one PC, then you can get malicious mail sent to all your contacts without you even knowing it may contain a virus. This is from experience, the nasty virus I once blocked was addressed from a sender at .gov.au. They had no idea they had sent the virus, actually they didn't, it was that their mail addresses were hacked by someone who got in and zapped their PC's. So when someone sends me an email FW, when I read it I am but a link in the chain know what I mean. So when the next person reads it after me, and they happen to get malicious mail?....they believe it was me who sent it. So some of you are probably wondering why I am bouncing your mail?....from experience have found this to be pretty dangerous practice being up on someones address book to be sent mass emails. I call it Mass Email rather than FW or Forward mail, because it's virtually one person sending an email to everyone of their contacts in their mail program, and not one on one. Virus's can be sent through JPG or Image shots on static mail pages these days, without actually opening an Attachment. So please do not be offended, if you have something to say to me via email, make it just you to me or vice versa, and please not to the masses. Thanks, hope you understand.
It is with deep regret, that I have had to post this and really hope those who send 'FW' mail will understand. Few years ago now, I received a nasty virus on my machine when I opened which appeared to be an innocent 'funny' email from a forum friend, and which was obviously sent to all members on their contact list. Evident by the many email addresses shown at the top of the email? Now, please understand, that I now have a program integrated into my mail filter to block, bounce FW mail. So unless it is personal, and to me and me only, one on one contact, it'll go in a blacklist. The reason being, you only need one 'contact' or 'address book' list compromised on one PC, then you can get malicious mail sent to all your contacts without you even knowing it may contain a virus. This is from experience, the nasty virus I once blocked was addressed from a sender at .gov.au. They had no idea they had sent the virus, actually they didn't, it was that their mail addresses were hacked by someone who got in and zapped their PC's. So when someone sends me an email FW, when I read it I am but a link in the chain know what I mean. So when the next person reads it after me, and they happen to get malicious mail?....they believe it was me who sent it. So some of you are probably wondering why I am bouncing your mail?....from experience have found this to be pretty dangerous practice being up on someones address book to be sent mass emails. I call it Mass Email rather than FW or Forward mail, because it's virtually one person sending an email to everyone of their contacts in their mail program, and not one on one. Virus's can be sent through JPG or Image shots on static mail pages these days, without actually opening an Attachment. So please do not be offended, if you have something to say to me via email, make it just you to me or vice versa, and please not to the masses. Thanks, hope you understand.