From: Karl
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 11:21 AM

Subject: Ffunny Tech Group re: Emails ?

Howdy !

I am trying, this Out  *** The Seven Cardinal Rules of E-mail ***.
(practice what you read-about/preach)
[Closest I get with Preaching, since, it's Sunday, {LOL}]

#1 = CAPS! <EMAILING FACT!>

#2 = BCC   <Blind Carbon Copying>
		Don't see other Funny Group members? in the "To", "this time"?
		{I think It's fun to See who's in OUR Personal Funny group.}
		[But, if requested, they can still receive OUR mail without
		Your name and Email address shown.]
		AND
		<<<BCC.ing is good for/in business/personal emails, 
		"Especially"
		for/if "Private" Personal address's, Competitors or ETC.>>>
		>>>I delete from OUR Web page submissions;
		the To: or CC: of people YOU also send it to; "PLUS" YOUR
		return email address [Very important Security for "US"!]<<<

#5	Remove Rule = Common sense
		(Another project of Mine is finding a Spammers return address)

#6	Text is for Email,
		 SHhtuff I did not know.
		<May be some reasons why My emails are Crap>
		>>Except for Carl O.'s, Crappy email reader, LOL<<

#7	Attachment without text!  ***Security ISSUE***
		*** DO NOT OPEN THEM ! DELETE THEM ! ***
		If they can not tell You what it is Prior,
		It AINT worth THE RISK! 

"Have a Nice Day"

Karl the PG13guy

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Subject: FW: Poor Richard's Web Site News - #048/13-Sept-00

   The Seven Cardinal Rules of E-mail

   {{ The Seven Cardinal Rules of E-mail }}
   ========>>>

   A few rules for using e-mail ... in particular I think everyone
   should have Rule #2 drilled into them, and rules #5 and #7 are
   very important, too ...

   The Seven Cardinal Rules of E-mail
   ----------------------------------
   by Bob Osgoodby

   Rule #1 - Turn off your CAPS LOCK - Some people seem to feel
   that if they write their E-mail in ALL CAPS it will be more
   effective. Quite the opposite is the case. CAPS should be used
   only for emphasis. Many people consider the use of ALL CAPS as
   being the equivalent of shouting and do take offense at it.


   Rule #2 - Never send multiple E-mails without using Blind
   Carbon Copies (BCC).  If every E-mail address you sent it to is
   displayed, you are making the scammers job a lot easier when
   they harvest addresses.  But you have to address it to someone,
   even if using BCC, so remember, there are a lot of "kooks" in
   this world who will persecute anyone they can identify.

   When using BCC, never send the message to someone on your
   mailing list.

   [Some e-mail programs will send a message even if you don't
   enter a To: address, but others won't. If your program doesn't,
   you have to enter some kind of e-mail address on that line, so
   you can use your own address; or, as Bob suggests here, even
   set up a special e-mail address to use just for that purpose.
   PK]

   If you have a second ID use that, or send the note to yourself
   with BCC copies to everyone on your list. That way, if someone
   decides to "vent" it will come back to you and not someone on
   your list. It also gives you a permanent record of the E-mails
   you sent to your mailing list.  If you don't have a second ID#,
   you can get one easily at Juno, Hotmail, etc.


   Rule #3 - Are you sure your E-mail was actually sent to your
   mailing list? One easy way to be sure it was is to include your
   E-mail address in your file of names you send it to.  A good
   method is to include your address at the beginning of the list,
   and also at the end.  If you get both copies, you can be sure
   everyone else did as well.


   Rule #4 - Don't Bore Them to Death - Advertising by E-mail is a
   cheap and effective way to get your message out to people, and
   most people don't mind getting an E-mail if it is short and to
   the point, but don't spam and send to people you don't already
   have a relationship with.  Also, don't try to sell them your
   product or services with your first mailing. Try to pique their
   curiosity instead and have them either reply to your E-mail or
   visit your Web Site.


   Rule #5 - Honor Removes - if someone asks to be removed from
   your mailing list, do it immediately and send them a courtesy
   note advising them it has been done. Keeping people on your
   mailing list that don't want to receive your information is not
   only bad form, but can cost you your ISP if a complaint is
   lodged against you.

   And NEVER forge headers so they can't respond to you by E-mail.
   This is the favorite trick of the scamsters who don't want you
   to respond to their E-mail, and give you a number to call or a
   form to fill out instead.


   Rule #6 - Text is for E-mail and HTML coding is for Web Pages.
   I can't begin to tell you the number of E-mails I get formatted
   for HTML. These are basically not readable in a text mode, and
   I simply delete them. While many mail readers will display HTML
   coding, some will not. If you use E-mail to send information to
   potential clients, always make sure that you send it in a
   format they can read. Text can be read by all E-mail readers
   and that is your best bet. Otherwise, you might be simply
   wasting your time. Another consideration is that if the HTML is
   readable, you immediately know it's an ad and quickly delete
   it.


   Rule #7 - I still get E-mails with no text and the message they
   wish me to read is an attachment to the E-mail. It is
   immediately deleted as it could very well contain a virus -
   even from someone you know. Some ISP's have a top limit to the
   amount of text they will display, and anything larger is
   automatically converted to an attachment. Many people will not
   go through this exercise, so you should ensure that your E-mail
   message can be read by all the people it is sent to, without
   them having to open an attachment.
   -----
   Bob publishes the free weekly "Your Business" Newsletter Visit
   his Web Site at http://adv-marketing.com/business to subscribe.

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From: Karl the PG13guy [mailto:PG13guy@email.com]