Re: issues with digests /2 questions

[Productions <productions@johnesimmons.com>]

Unless it specifies the person who sent the card, and you know that 
person, it's probably a scam.  I never click on any I receive.
IMHO, list digests have been the terror of email lists for years.  All 
too many people hit reply and fail to trim the original message to the 
relevant topic - thus, you receive the same entire list over and over 
and over again.
John

Judy Seigel wrote:
> The list having functioned wonderfully these many years, why should 
> anyone want a "digest" ? (unless they pay per incoming message, I 
> suppose).
>
> My other question is -- I've now got 3 messages in my inbox that say 
> someone has sent me an "e-card"....  Do I have to go to the web to get 
> them or will they eventually go away?
>
> (And why is that "better" than just a "hi judy" e-mail -- unless 
> they're selling something or phishing -- which I assume.)
>
> PS. Another message just arrived saying I'm the next of kin -- I 
> suppose that's an estate of several million dollars, but I know it's a 
> scam because all my million/billionaire relatives are still alive, in 
> fact I fed them turkey last week.
>
> Is that just for fun, or do folks really go along -- when surely 
> someone they never heard of is announced as "next of kin" ????
>
> cheers,
>
> Judy