Internet Safety Tip � Think Twice Before Forwarding E-mails
Did you know that forwarding e-mails can put you and your friends at risk?
Forwarding is the act of sending a received e-mail mes�sage to others, usually without editing it. E-mails should not be indiscriminately forwarded for several reasons:
1. When you forward e-mail, you can be giving out person�al information such as the e-mail address of the person who sent it to you, as well as any others in the original list of recipients.
2. Indiscriminate forwarding of e-mail can also be consid�ered to be spamming. Make sure the e-mail you send has a point. If you have to forward something, make sure you know the complete contents of the e-mail including any attachments; and do not include the e-mail addresses of anyone else.
3. Once you forward an e-mail, the recipient may forward it, too, which provides your e-mail address to strangers. Share this newsletter with your friends so they too will know how to safely forward e-mails.
If you want to send information that you received in an e-mail to a friend:
� Copy the specific content that you want to send on to your friend (highlight the text and then click �Ctrl C�, or right click and choose copy).
� Open a new mail message window.
� Paste the specific content into your new message (click in the body of the e-mail and click �Ctrl V�, or right click and choose paste).
Address and send your e-mail.
Copyright� iSafe iEducator Times, October 2007
