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Thread ID: 39787	2003-11-17 09:17:00	Off Topic: A cynical look at forwarded emails, the scourge of the earth...	agent (30)	Press F1

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192720	2003-11-17 09:17:00	...and the second largest group of emails wasting the most bandwidth. Consider this: Cyberchuck's sister's email address appears three times in the various To: sections of an email. She has received this email three times, and sent it on once. Call me pedantic, but that's wasting server and client bandwidth, time, and resources. If anything, an organised system for forwarding emails is required before we eliminate this problem. So I propose a solution: * A global, centralised database of all email addresses. No, we're not talking about the lists spammers use, but those would come in handy. * All emails are relayed through the server holding this database of email addresses. * Each forward is assigned a unique identification code. * When a forward is sent, the email addresses it is sent to are marked as having received this forward, using the unique identification code of the forward. * If any one of these recipients forwards the forward onto someone who has already received it, the email address is removed using a filter. This system of email management will not only reduce the amount of bandwidth and time being wasted on emails already received, but it will benefit governments. How, you might ask? Well, it will allow security agencies to monitor more easily the emails you send and receive. Using the technology they already have, which can crack any encryption you use in a matter of seconds, this will make the world a much safer place, according to security analysts hired by President Bush of the USA. It will mean that security agencies will have a faster and more centralised system to read emails containing words such as "rigged", "presidential", and "election". Despite this call for reduced bandwidth wastage and a safer world, critics are complaining. "The fact remains that terrorists such as the al Qaeda do not yet have the expertise to communicate via email". This statement can be backed up by the discovery that handbooks (www.thesmokinggun.com) intended for al Qaeda terrorists advise to use simplistic methods of communication. It might be outdated in some areas, but I thought this would just be an interesting read. :D	agent (30)
192721	2003-11-17 09:23:00	Or my system. If it happens once,then i ask whomever fowarded it to me to remove me from there address book immediatly. If it happens twice....well,hey wadda ya know its never happened twice. My system must work.	metla (154)
192722	2003-11-17 10:17:00	Send that solution to the pit of hell, where it may burn forever and ever!! :) No way do I want to make it easier for anyone to read my emails etc. Besides who would host this huge database of email addresses? M$? They just sell the addresses onto spammers and other companies. Proof: hotmail.	PoWa (203)
192723	2003-11-17 17:47:00	Or just be careful who you give out your email address to and make sure they don't pass it on or have siblings which enjoy importing other peoples contact lists and address books for the sake of finding new friends... Works for me.	cyberchuck (173)
192724	2003-11-17 18:10:00	> Works for me Oh? Then I'm revoking my email address from you. You guys did note that it was cynical, didn't you?	agent (30)
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