# "Email this page to someone" has been discontinued.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-this-page-to-someone-has-been-discontinued/23879>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 28, 2000, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-this-page-to-someone-has-been-discontinued/23879 "2000-06-28T15:38:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-this-page-to-someone-has-been-discontinued/23879/1 "2000-06-28T15:38:10Z")

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Since the “email this page” function has been mostly used by trolls to harass legitimate posters, we have disabled this function on the SDMB.

Sorry if this inconveniences you, but the hassle factor to others makes it more trouble than it’s worth.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![\_Ayesha\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/e9c0ed/32.png) [@\_Ayesha\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Ayesha_1)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-this-page-to-someone-has-been-discontinued/23879/2 "2000-06-28T15:50:32Z")

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If by harass, you mean “got a few extra junk emails today”, I say Yawn. Here’s a quarter Tuba. Get a life.

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-this-page-to-someone-has-been-discontinued/23879/3 "2000-06-28T18:42:30Z")

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As one of the people who recieved a fake mail from a “Mod” , I’m very happy that this has been done . Copying and pasteing the address isn’t less hasle anyway.

Thx and keep up the **very** good work .
