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On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 18:07 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > It's usually joke e-mails, virus 'warning' e-mails or e-mails with cute > pictures that someone will send to say 20 or so people in their address > book (sometimes more, sometimes less) and the recepient will simply hit > the forward button and send it on to 20 or so of their friends, rinse > and repeat. It is standard practice in the administration of the NHS. I don't know why, but they are either convinced that this is the correct way to do it, or their MS software conceals from them that they are doing it. > You'll find e-mails with multiple lines like this, often referencing > tens or hundreds of e-mail addresses. > > If these people simply put the recipients in the bcc box then no one > else will get everyone else's e-mail address (still not an ideal > solution if the recipient forwards it on blindly though). -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html