| The trash folder in my main inbox hit
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| | myself upon receiving a new piece of
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| 4000 today. Since I never throw anything
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| | misinformation and emailed back to the
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| out, I know that what's in there is
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| | sender with my findings. Eventually I
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| courtesy of my email filter which is set
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| | became the "go to girl" for accuracy and
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| to automatically delete anything that is
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| | everyone I knew would send me the email
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| forwarded from my work account from a
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| | and ask me if it was real. Flattered to
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| certain person. That "person" is our spam
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| | be considered "the expert" among my
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| filter that insists on sending me, the
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| | friends I dutifully did the background
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| administrator, a notification when it
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| | work and reported back but hey, I'm a
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| blocks an email. It's also set to delete
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| | mother of 3 and work full time and as
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| some other mail automatically, those
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| | honoured as I was to be the "go to girl",
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| would be that come from addresses that
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| | it got to be tedious. That's when I
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| have sent me spam. So I have 4000 of
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| | started sending people links to reliable
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| these in my trash. Yippee.The compulsion
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| | sources for them to find their own
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| to hit the forward button is alive and
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| | answers.I was pleased when the "go to
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| well even with the plethora of
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| | girl" mail slowed to a trickle as did the
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| information available on the web about
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| | forwarded email from people I knew. That
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| the downside of doing just that. But I
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| | is until several of those 2 million new
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| have a theory.According to one website I
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| | users a month were people I knew and it
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| visited "The rate of growth of Internet
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| | started all over again!First came my
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| use in the United States is currently two
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| | husband's "Auntie" who's feelings were
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| million new Internet users per month." 2
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| | hurt when I asked her not to forward
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| MILLION new internet users a MONTH?? It
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| | these messages any more with an
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| all makes sense now. There are too many
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| | explanation of course. She was "only
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| newbies out there running amok with a
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| | trying to be helpful!" She replied. Well,
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| computer, a mouse and an internet
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| | of course she was, isn't that why
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| connection clicking the forward
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| | everyone forwards these messages? To be
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| button!But who can blame them really?
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| | helpful.Then came my niece who politely
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| Before I learned the downside of
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| | asked my permission to send me a few
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| forwarding this cyberjunk and more
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| | chain letters. Being the softie that I am
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| importantly, learned that most of it
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| | I agreed to a "few". This was my
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| isn't even true, I was among the
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| | introduction into teen angst via email.
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| forwarding faithful, sending on mountains
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| | Since I was far from teenaged when I
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| of useless information to everyone I knew
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| | became an internet junkie, I hadn't been
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| as quickly as it arrived.Perhaps it was
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| | exposed to the suicidal poetry and advice
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| the first thing I got that I knew wasn't
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| | on being a good girlfriend end of the
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| true that turned on the light bulb, or
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| | chain letter spectrum but soon I got more
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| perhaps it was the first thing I got that
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| | than I could handle since all her friends
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| just didn't make any sense, after all,
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| | started adding me to their address books!
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| who in their right mind would believe
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| | (And I was expecting what?)Finally my
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| that Bill Gates was sitting around
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| | brother-in-law of only several days
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| tracking forwarded emails and would
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| | forwarded me a notice that the government
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| actually pay you if you "passed it on"? I
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| | would soon be taxing email on behalf of
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| may be gullible, but that one was just
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| | Canada Post! sigh.It was time to make a
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| too hard for me to swallow.I started to
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| | choice - either reinstate myself as the
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| look into these warnings and threats and
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| | "go to girl" again, ignore and delete and
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| found that the majority of them were
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| | let the forwarders click away in blissful
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| either not true at all, like the Bill
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| | ignorance, or do my part in passing the
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| Gates hoax, or, if they were true, they
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| | message along that forwarding every piece
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| were so out of date that they were no
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| | of junk that comes into your in box is
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| longer relevant, like the
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| | not cool.Of course, never knowing when to
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| Phenylpropanolamine Drug Warning which
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| | shut up won over the other choices.
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| continues to make it's rounds almost 5
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| | Hopefully the idea will catch on and
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| years later.By this time, I had
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| | people will go the extra step and rather
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| accumulated a vast number of contacts,
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| | than just delete that hoax, do the sender
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| friends and family that didn't bother to
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| | a favour and reward them with some useful
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| check and just hit that forward
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| | information that might just help reduce
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| button.Originally, I did the research
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| | the clutter in everyone's inbox.
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