The irony is strong...

The irony is strong...

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matchmaker

Original Poster:

8,462 posts

199 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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I received the usual spam e-mail earlier from someone who didn't know how to bcc and therefore broadcast about 100 other e-mail addresses to everyone on the mailing list. I dealt with it in the normal manner - delete.

Not so one aggrieved recipient - who responded in the following terms: "Dear XXX,

please remove us from your email spam list and it might be an idea not to broadcast every email you send your spam to because you are breaching data protection laws by distributing everyone's email addresses without their permission

Thanks".

Unfortunately they used the "reply all" button...rolleyesrolleyesrolleyes

soad

32,825 posts

175 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Nightmare on email street. hehe

Urban Sports

11,321 posts

202 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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soad said:
Nightmare on email street. hehe
hehe

226bhp

10,203 posts

127 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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matchmaker said:
I dealt with it in the normal manner - delete.
My normal manner is 'Block', then it doesn't happen again. smile

matchmaker

Original Poster:

8,462 posts

199 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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226bhp said:
matchmaker said:
I dealt with it in the normal manner - delete.
My normal manner is 'Block', then it doesn't happen again. smile
It had been caught by my junk e-mail filter, but yes, good idea. thumbup

Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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I get these, Not so much irony just annoying.

I work for a very large international company.

Every now and then I open my email to hundreds of mails most saying the same.

"Please remove me from the emailing list"

With the occasional

"Everybody stop replying"

Then usualy the top bloke telling everybody to stop

Followed by another hundred or so who ignore him.

When Somebody in quala lumpa has decided to tell everybody in the world that the office is closing one hour early.

Edited by Pesty on Saturday 22 November 12:40

Monkeylegend

26,226 posts

230 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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I am in my 62nd year and I only found out last week what bcc stood for. Without this recently acquired knowledge I would have missed this irony.

paperbag

kiseca

9,339 posts

218 months

Saturday 22nd November 2014
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Urban Sports said:
soad said:
Nightmare on email street. hehe
hehe
hehe

The email of the species is more deadly than the mail

Dog Star

16,079 posts

167 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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At least you haven't sent a message to the entire company, instead of your bird the Ops Manager, telling her about how she's in for a bondage session and a bit of a seeing to up the wrong 'un getmecoat

CrutyRammers

13,735 posts

197 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Ooof, top work hehe

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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kiseca said:
Urban Sports said:
soad said:
Nightmare on email street. hehe
hehe
hehe

The email of the species is more deadly than the mail
hehe

sebhaque

6,402 posts

180 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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I accidentally put delivery and read receipts on an email I sent to most of the company once.
Four years later I was still receiving "your message was read." and "your message was deleted without being read." confirmations.

Although someone in the office accidentally sent details of what she'd be wearing to the Christmas party to everybody as she replied to an email from the admin girl (accidentally hitting reply to all). It wasn't particularly outrageous, but the line describing how it was her, er, time of the month and how to hide a tampon in a dress was visibly mortifying for the poor girl.