Forwading Chain Mails

It seems that people are replying and forwarding a lot of chain mails. (chain mails are those mails that say forward this and you will get phones, prizes... forward and a poor person will get 3 cents ... etc.)

Please do not do this because those mails are 100% Hoax/ bogus mails. They can't track whether you forward this mail nor Yahoo/Google wont give anything to anyone for forwarding this. Only a originated IP address can be traced back not the forwarded details. Even that is done in very serious situations like threating or false mails about important people/companies. As a IT person I know this for a fact and I even did some digging to be 100% sure.

The only thing you do by forwarding these kind of mails are..

1. Show you that you can be fooled easily :p

2. Give away your e-mail addresses to a chain mail. and later a receiver will get hundreds of forwarded e-mail addresses in the mail. After that they can start spamming and hacking your accounts.

3. Annoy your friends with filling their inbox with these kind of msgs and other spams.

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So Guys, Pleas think twice before you fall into these scandals ....

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A Little Tip On Emailing

A Little Tip On Emailing

It is said that E-mail by product of Internet is the most used application these days. Most of the users go online only to check emails. So are you doing it right? What Can you do to reduce the 1000 of spam mails on your inbox? Pls follow below mentioned tips to make things easy for you and your contacts (friends)

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When you get a Spam mail (unwanted mail), Don't open it. Press the "REPORT SPAM" button, Don't press the "DELETE" button. Don't ever reply to spam mails.

Always forward mails using BCC to avoid exposing your email IDs/Contacts to
spammers. Put only one mail address in "TO" field if necessary.


Remove all traces of emails ID left behind by less IT Literate people. These are the hundreds of email addresses that lies before the forwarded massage.

Do not forward chain mails (ie. Forward this and you get 1$/iPhone, If you want forward you'll die within 7 days...) Are you rally that stupid to believe these stuff ?

Don't print every mail you get. Save paper, Save trees.

If a Email is suspicious, don't open it. Conform the sender by another mail or call. Or just delete it.

When you register in various websites (ie. friends and community sites) Don't give them your address book content. They start spamming all your friends.

Don't hit "forward" button for every mail you get. Too much of bulk mail sending will make you a spammer eventually.

Make folders (ie.Academic, Friends, Important mails) and/or Filters to keep your account tidy.

Make groups of your e-mailing contacts (ie. Friends, All Friends in School). Hence if you want to forward mails often, you can just enter the group name and send. NO need to hand pick each address each time.

Don't include images that are flashing/ blinking or large in size. It is harsh on eye and distracts the reader from the actual content of the email.

Don't use too large and/or colored fonts in the mail. It is not descent and make it harder to read.

Please you your common sense and keep emailing a pleasant activity on the internet.

Comments, amendments, suggestions are welcome at .

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