Stop Forwarding Emails
from the no-one-wants-them dept
I've never quite understood what motivates friends who are constant "email forwarders". I'm sure you know someone who does this - they seem to spend all day forwarding "funny" or "touching" emails to a long list of people who don't want it. Occasionally there are nice or funny emails that are worth passing on, but the people who send the constant barrage are simply annoying everyone they know. I've managed to get off of most of those lists, but some still seem to keep me on. I'm clearly not the only one who gets annoyed with that stuff, as a new study shows that people find "friendly spam" from those they know to be the most annoying spam they get. At least with regular spam you know to delete it right away or filter it out. When it comes from a friend, you're much more inclined to open it. So, as the study says, if you're constantly forwarding crap like this to people you think want it, you're wrong. You're probably annoying everyone you know. Don't be that person.
How to Politely Ask Someone to Stop Sending You Junk Email
Now if you know the person, a possible solution is to send him a polite but firm email asking him to stop sending you all those annoying and forwarded email messages.
If you are feeling a big hesitant to do this on your own, a free service called StopForwarding.us can help.
Stop Forwarding will send an anonymous but polite email to your friend requesting him to refrain from sending junk emails. This mail is sent anonymously so no hard feelings.
Here’s an excerpt: "Avoid sending forwards to friends or relatives that you’ve grown distant with. It can be frustrating for the recipient when the only correspondence you have with someone is via impersonal, unwanted email"