>Erik,
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>>When I decide who to copy on a list, I go down the list and check only people that I think will be interested. The default is NO COPY, and you only get copied if I have a specific reason for thinking you will be interested.
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>Perhaps the people you are so mad at for forwarding messages have this same attitude. How can you tell the difference? I believe that Mr. Rauh preached a sermon to Jess Banaga about judgeing some one elses motives. Mabye you will be getting the same sermon.
>

Don't get me wrong. I do get forwarded messages that I don't care about, but that were forwarded to me because the sender thought I would care. I don't mind those, and appreciate the consideration. The ones that bother me are so blatantly useless to me (and everyone but the direct recipient) that it's obvious that the sender just mindlessly checked everyone on the list without a thought.

> The only way to please you will be to take the forwarding out all together.

Uh, no. Message forwarding is a very useful feature. I just wish that people would think before (ab)using it.

>Why complain about this? What, it takes all of 3 seconds to check and delete the messages.

And it only takes a few seconds to hang up the phone when a telemarketer calls, or to delete SPAM from your mailbox. Minor annoyances add up.

>Grow up!

Okey dokey.