Ever sent or received an Email that looked like this:
 

From:    "Dave & Suzy Smith" dave.smith@notarealaddress.com                     Sat 0:00
Subject:  A couple of funny ones
To:         "Betty Mybestfriend" myworkaccount@sympatico.ca, "MY BOSS" thebigguy@usa.net,
              "My little neice who lives alone" lookmynameup@inthephonebook.ca, "Poor Widowed Mom"
               room103@nursinghome.net, "ANOTHER CLOSE FRIEND" mybusinessaddress@home.ca,
              "Randy doesn't like his real name on the net and uses Reg, but I change it" regman@state.server.net,
              "RASTA (all you should ever see)" rastatom@oocities.com

RE: Here's a joke I though you would like:

>>>>>the joke
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>is somewhere in here amoungst the text and the >> signs.
>>>>>>>>>>it was forwarded without cleaning up, or without hiding and protecting the names
>>>of your
>>>>>closest
>>>friends and associates.

>>>>its not easy to follow, usually
>>>>>>>>a complete waste of time, and often deleted as worthless

>>>>>>>>>>and there could be another previous forward that looks like this:

>>>RE:  From:    "Dave & Suzy Smith" dave.smith@notarealaddress.com                     Sat 0:00
 >>>> Subject:  A couple of funny ones >>>>>>>>>To:         "Betty Mybestfriend"  myworkaccount@sympatico.ca, "MY BOSS" thebigguy@usa.net,     "My little neice who lives alone"-----------lookmynameup@inthephonebook.ca, "Poor Widowed Mom"    room103@nursinghome.net, "ANOTHER CLOSE FRIEND" mybusinessaddress@home.ca,   "Randy doesn't like his real name on the net and uses Reg, but I change it" regman@state.server.net

"-------------------------"RE: Here's a joke I though you would like:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the joke
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>is somewhere in here amoungst the text and the >> signs.
>>>>>>>>>>it was forwarded without cleaning up, or without hiding and protecting the names
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>of your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>closest
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>friends and associates.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>its not easy to follow, usually
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a complete waste of time, and often deleted as worthless
>>>>>>>>>>and there could be another previous forward that looks like this:

==SNIP==SNIP==SNIP==SNIP==SNIP==
Tell me you have the HINT by now!!  You can see how frustrating this is, in a heartbeat!

Here's how to get rid of all that mess, and be a responsible person:
 

• When you send MASS EMAIL (To more than one person) USE BCC
• When you get a joke, highlight the entire text, copy, paste into a word processor program like MS WORD, WORDPAD or some other text editing program you have. Then do SEARCH and REPLACE (usually EDIT MENU for SEARCH) and do a search for the GreaterThan symbol and replace it with "   " (nothing-not even quotes)
• Pass this information on to your friends or have them visit this page to read this text.

Comments appreciated, I am trying to reach all levels of understanding. Email Rasta

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