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In reply to the discussion: Email forwards and despair [View all]

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2. I sometimes send the Snopes link not only to the one who sent it to me,
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 05:13 PM
Aug 2013

but, if earlier senders are still on the email, I will sometimes send it to those people, so that they have the opportunity to correct their mistake and send the Snopes link to the others to whom they sent it.

Yes, I realize it's unlikely that the earlier people do in fact correct their errors, but I feel good giving them the opportunity.

Occasionally, I reply to those who send such emails, that I do not wish to receive any political emails (they're nearly always of the RW variety - especially anti-Obama, anti- Muslim, or pro-gun.

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