Dear Friend Who Automatically Forwards Everything Forwarded to Him–Quit sending me huge-ass e-mails with attachments and junk that my computer won’t process correctly. I’ve told you several times that however the heck you’re sending them won’t work with my computer. About the only thing I can reliably view are the lists of the other poor slobs who have or are receiving this junk and the simple text extolling the wonders of whatever I’m missing. Normally, I just delete them. Sometimes I’ll send you a short note letting you know of the problems I’m having with your e-mails or say something nice if one actually gets to me in a recognizable form.
But today, I’ve reached the breaking point. Your sweet, forgetful self has sent me the same 8,359K e-mail THREE times. With my dial-up, each one takes over ten minutes to download and the last time caused my computer to crash. You’re too nice for me to want to block you but please just stop with this stuff! You’re making my computer cry!
Tikki
By the way, anybody know if I can block the large e-mails and just receive the smaller ones? My e-mail is though Earthlink and I’m running Windows98. Thanks for any suggestions.
He has some kind of Mac jobbie and apparently our formats conflict or something, which, apparently, is why his e-mails rarely get through intact. Or so I’ve been told by someone who is really only guessing. I have only slightly more computer smarts than my friend has and I grimace at the thought of trying to explain his wacky (random) way of trying to correct a problem, which may also be a factor here. I’m a little more methodical and, to my credit, at least know enough not to forward everything sent to me.
A friend of mine who’s still on dial-up swears by gmail as a solution to the big email blues. Not sure about your Earthlink, Tikki, but gmail has the ability to pick up mail from other accounts, and look as if you’re replying from your ordinary account, not gmail. It might help.
Any of my email group who has problems with receiving large files, I take note and make sure I just send through small to medium stuff. That’s only polite.
With a fresh brain this morning, I checked my Earthlink and did find a way to limit the size of e-mails received on my own. I’ve got it set on 1000K now, which is good because he tried to send me that same e-mail twice again this morning. I’ll keep the g-mail in mind though.
I agree and do so myself. I give my friend a pass though, because he’s on a bunch of different medications and sometimes they make him loopy or just plain forgetful. I think he’s going through a bad patch right now, which is why I’d rather vent here rather than say anything to him in person. Still, I’ll have to explain why I decided to limit the size of e-mails, I suppose.
What kind of “friend” keeps sending you this crap after you’ve repeatedly told them to stop? What kind of “friend” keeps sending you large emails even though they KNOW you’re on dial up?
He’s “too nice” to block? But not nice enough to take your wishes into account, right?
Block the jerk, then tell him why. Tell him if he needs to get hold of you, use the phone.
What email program do you use? I know Eudora has a setting for only downloading mails below a configurable size. You can decide to download them after you see the subject and who it is from.
He’s an old guy with diabetes, emphysema (probably) and other health problems. I think he’s depressed a lot of the time too because he can’t do a lot of the things he used to, including sculpting, one of his great loves. Hanging out on the computer is one of the few things he still has energy for. He really is a good guy who would give you the shirt off his back and everyone who knows him, which is just about the whole town, loves him. He really isn’t a jerk, just addlepated, sick and sad.
That’s why I wouldn’t hurt his feelings by blocking him. I felt the need to vent but am feeling better now.