My Email Rules

I have recently been forced to change my email address (2 of them) because of people not respecting my privacy. They seem to think it’s ok to send me spam mail, and they have the nerve to share my private email address with everyone (instead of using Bcc). This is clearly an idiot mentality, and if I find someone doing this, I will remove you from my address book and cut all contact. I’m serious. Changing my email address is a LOT OF WORK.

Please take careful note of the following:

DON’T put my address (or anyone else’s) into an open list, meaning email sent out with a list of addresses in the To: and Cc: lines of the header.

ALWAYS enter lists of addressses (greater than 2) in the Bcc: line. (Blind Carbon Copy).

Bcc: this option will retain the list of addresses on the server, placing only one address per copy as it sends to each name on the list.

Aside from the fact that I don’t like my email address being shared with a bunch of people I don’t even know, another problem is ‘Packet-sniffer ‘bots’, very small programs which hackers insert by stealth into an internet router’s operating code to examine each packet passing through the node. The ‘bot copies any with multiple @ signs and automatically sends the copy to the hacker to be compiled into lists which are sold and traded amongst spammers.

To be totally honest, if it’s an email that you are sending to a lot of people, such as jokes, “prayers”, inspirational bullshit, I probably wouldn’t be interested in reading it anyway.

Please respect my privacy if you wish to maintain contact.