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Draft response for friends who spam me…
Hi,
I'm replying to your email because I wanted to tell you something important - I like to stay in touch with you, however, I have a policy against 'spam' emails - anything that is irrelevant to my interests or work , chain emails that ask me to forward it to ten people and invitations to groups, forums and websites. It may seem I'm cold to your friendly emails but I would definitely prefer a "hi, how are you?" than a (not so) funny email about kittens. Also, forwarding emails does not automatically donate any money nor does it help any protest or cause.Did you know that forwarding phone numbers of people for whatever reason is a bad idea? Have you ever called those numbers? Have you at least verified the numbers? If not, then don't forward it. Too many scams spread like this.
I'll appreciate relevant forwards - something that has to do with my work or hobby, but keep them to not more than one a week. Also, if you found a cool website - please, please do NOT send invitation to everyone in your address book, many of these sites use the email addresses to send more unwanted email - pretending to be you. Don't lose your online credibility to such scams.
When in doubt, don't sign up, don't forward. Doubt everything ;-) Would love to hear from you, how are you doing? Regards,
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