Personally, I delete them. If I keep getting them from the same person, I email them and ask them to take me off their group list. And I tell them I would love to stay in touch with them on a one to one basis. Since I started doing that, I rarely get chain letters.

What I noticed happening is I was getting chain letters from people I don't know. Some people simply reply to all and don't realize they are sending things to complete strangers. I would also email them and if that didn't work, I would simply block them.

I am with maglet. I rarely read them and it is even more rare for me to forward them.

That'a a good idea maglet. I don't mind forwarding helpful information but I really don't like the ones that end with, something great will happen if you do this in 5 minutes..... That to me is superstition, which I don't believe in. My cousins are the worst ones for sending me these things. Since I'm always worried about hurting someones feelings, I don't say anything to them. I just delete them. One of my goals in counseling is to be more assertive. I think I will practice that on my cousins the next time I get a chain from them.

Thanks for bringing this up. I don't know if I helped you at all, but my rambling has helped me. LOL

Jan

I agree with Jan.

I don't like the ones that say forward or something bad will happen. I've already had one of the worst things happen recently, so if anyone is reading this that sends them to me, please don't. I love you all, but they make me feel odd if I don't participate.

Respectfully,
Laurie

What I did was send an email to all my contacts explaining that I neither had the time or the inclination to spend on these types of emails. I enjoy getting emails from my friends and catching up with them but please none of the chain letters.

IF YOU READ THE RULES, IT'S RIGHT THERE, THEY DO NOT WANT US TO START CHAIN LETTERS. I USUALLY RESPOND TO THE SENDER AND ASK HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEM 99% FEEL JUST LIKE US. SO I DELETE THEM TOO

I agree with those who simply say please take me off your list. Even the ones that appear to be "helpful information" - those are usually hoaxes that do nothing but waste people's time.

OK I just re-read your post Boudreaux - if the send feels that way, why would they send the message in the first place?

I READ IT SAY SORRY I AM IN TOO MUCH PAIN TO DO THAT AND RETURN IT TO SENDER!!!!!

Hi

I have this problem as well. I basically just delete it - my sister sends these to me and when I get one and delete it she knows I'm not interested and doesn't bug me about it. Others who bug me get told to not send chain letters to me because I'm busy. I say this in a nicer way of course. Good luck! Cat

Hi everyone,

I always delete them. If it appears to be something harmful, ie, "stalkers after DS women" or "mass murderer on DS under such-and-such a name," I reply to sender that it sounds like a hoax, appealing to their logic. For instance, if the name of a mass murderer is already known, doesn't it seem logical that Admin. would already have contacted authorities? (There are ways to track people - plus a known murderer is not going to be hanging out on an online community to suck women in - not once his identity is known). Same with stalkers - once they're 'outed" they're tracked down by authorities if it's legit. So they aren't going to hang out on an online board where they can easily be tracked down by aruthorities once their ID is known.

If people would just stop and take a breath and 'think" something through before simply hitting the key, most of these types of urban legends would be squelched before they gained such lives of their own.

As for the ones saying someting good or bad will happen depending on certain actions on my part, those are simply annoying to me. I just delete, or let the sender know to delete me from their chain letter lists.

Finally, if I'm "really" annoyed, I notify senders that not long ago, Doug asked DSers to stop sending chain letters as they clog the system and cause slow-downs and actual crashes. And I direct them to the rules which say clearly, "no chain letters."

If none of these efforts produce results, I let the person know I'm blocking them and why. and I move on to enjoying my life.

Blessed be.
Trish

PEACE, THEY MAY JUST SEND THEM OUT OF OBLIGATION, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR HE SENDER, BUT I DO ALWAYS WRITE THEM BACK AND ASK HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEM....LOVE

I agree with Maglet on this also.

I just delete them.. and on AOL and mail that is a forward just goes to spam... i get several hundred picces of email a day and I would never be able to keep up with the junk mail too...Most of it is the same old stuff going around and around anyway..

delete them