Wild at Heart

Do you really know how to forward e-mails?  95% of the people DO NOT.

Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail?  Do you hate it?  Every
time you forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who got the message before you, namely their e-mail addresses and names.

As the messages get forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds, and all it takes is for some unlucky guy/gal to get a virus, and his or her computer can send that virus to every E-mail address that has come across their computer. 

Or, someone can take all of those addresses and uses the list to sell to spammers and scammers.

How do you stop it?  Well, there are several easy steps:

(1)  When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear in the body of the message (at the top). That’s right, DELETE them.  Highlight them and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do.  It only takes a second.  You MUST click the "Forward" button first and then you will have full editing
capabilities against the body and headers of the message.  If you don’t
click on "Forward" first, you won’t be able to edit the message at all.

(2)  Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, especially to those that do not know each other, do NOT use the To: or Cc: fields for adding e-mail addresses.  Always use the BCC:(blind carbon copy) field for listing the e-mail addresses. This is the way the people you send to will only see their own e-mail address.

If you don’t see your BCC: after you have clicked ‘forward’….click on the view on the top toolbar - then "all headers"  The BCC: will appear for you. And that’s it, it’s that easy.  When you send to BCC: your message will automatically say " Undisclosed Recipients in the "TO:" field of the people who receive it.

(3)  Remove any "FW :" in the subject line.  You can re-name the subject if you wish or even fix spelling.

(4)  ALWAYS hit your Forward button from the actual e-mail you are reading.  Ever get those e-mails that you have to open 10 pages to read
the one page with the information on it?  By Forwarding from the actual
page you wish someone to view, you stop them from having to open many e-mails just to see what you sent.

(5)  Have you ever gotten an email that is a petition?   It states a position and asks you to add your name and address and to forward it to 10 or 15 people or your entire address book.  The email can be forwarded on and on and can collect thousands of names and email addresses.  A FACT: The completed petition is actually worth a couple of bucks to a professional spammer because of the wealth of valid names and email addresses contained therein. 

If you want to support the petition, send it as your own personal letter to the intended recipient. Your position may carry more weight as a personal letter than a laundry list of names and email address on a petition.   (Actually, if you think about it, who’s supposed to send the petition in to whatever cause it supports?

And don’t believe the ones that say that the email is being traced, it just ain’t so!) 

Some of the other emails I hate include:

1. The one that says something like, "Send this email to 10 people and you’ll see something great run across your screen."   Or sometimes they’ll just tease you by saying ’something really cute will happen.’  IT AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN!!!!!  (Trust me, I’m still seeing some of the same emails that I waited on 10 years ago!)   

2.  I don’t let the bad luck ones scare me either, they get trashed. (This could be why I haven’t won the lottery……)   

3.  Before you forward an ‘Amber Alert’, or a ‘Virus Alert’ , or some of the other emails floating around nowadays, check them out before you forward hem.  Most of them are junk mail that’s been circling the net for YEARS !  Just about everything you receive in an email that is in question can be checked out a Sophos.  Just go to http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/  It’s really easy to find out if it’s real or not.  If it’s not, please don’t pass it on.

So please, in the future, let’s stop the junk mail and the viruses and keep my email address private.

The dates were set, the plans were made, the hotels were booked and the transport was arranged. So why am I not having fun this Songkran?.

2 friends I was supposed to go with, were too scared to die from the the insurgency threats!, 1 had gone on a back- packing trip to Hanoi and another, had a dad sick in hospital.

Looking back at the photos I took and uploaded to Ringo, ohhh I feel so sad I am not there this year.

Going to miss not only this water festival parades, but also my drinks at the Westside Saloon, my nuat nuat at Oliver, watching the katoeys outside Lee Garden hotel my room at the BP Suite hotel, the floor show at Hansa Plaza, shopping for clothes at Odean, the bands at the Water bar and the aroi mak mak arhan thai beside the Sakura Hotel.

Anyone want to follow me next year?. Let’s plan now so we can get a nice group together and have a party there. Game?

Consumers beware of Carrefour tricks - to cheat you! Last Saturday 7th April I bought Maxkleen 9 ultra 4kg pack. Price tag on the shelf was RM 23.85. But at checkout, cashier charged me RM26.85. No price tag of RM26.85 was on the shelf.

I complained to the customer service counter at 4.10pm, waited 20 minutes and by 4.30pm Nizam the counter staff told me that the price of RM26.85 was for the pack with the FREE GIFT. I asked to speak to the Manager on duty Amir. He made me wait 10 minutes and didnt show up.

At 4.40pm, Anne the Customer Service Manager arrived and she confirmed that the price was RM26.85 - meaning Carrefour charges RM3 for a free dishwash liquid worth RM3 - is that a free gift then?. I asked Anne, to ensure Amir calls me by today as I couldn’t wait any longer having spent nearly 45 minutes at the Customer Service Counter. Anne promised that he will call me, but Amir never did call.

This is not the first incident at Carrefour Wangsa Maju. Last month, they put Johnson Baby shampoo with FREE Baby Bath on the same shelf as one with no free gift - but with only one price tag RM19.90 on the shelf. But at checkout, I was charged RM23.90 - RM4 more for the FREE Baby Bath.

This morning, Anne sms ms and ask me to collect a Free Maxkleen 9 from the customer service counter as goodwill. See what complaining can do for you?

Becareful when you shop – check your receipts at the counter to ensure Carrefour doesn’t cheat you.

Consumers – stand up for your rights and complain, if you feel you have been cheated!

Women Speak Out on Major Health Concerns
Readers Digest April 2007 issue

1,600 female readers in Malaysia and 13,000 in 7 Asian countries were surveyed and results compiled by Nielsen Media Research. Ages surveyed were 18 to 70 with average age of 42. 46% are college graduates with average monthly household income of RM5,500.

Malaysian Women have health on their minds. 67% (54% regionally) say they are in good health, 30% consider themselves to be average leaving 3% with ill health. That’s 1 in 3 who are unhealthy.

What Ails & Worries Malaysian women today?

………………………………………..Affected……Concerned
1. High Blood Pressure…………64.1……………..70.6
2. High Cholesterol………………50.6……………..68.8
3. Weight Problems……………..43.3……………..55.0
4. Diabetes…………………………38.6……………..68.8
5. Sight Problems………………..38.4……………..40.1
6. Arthritis…………………………..26.4………………33.2
7. Insomnia………………………..23.4………………27.0
8. Osteoporosis…………………18.7……………….40.8
9. Depression…………………….14.1……………….30.5
10. Cancer………………………….11.3……………….59.4

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