[Vision2020] Private / Public emails

[Scott Dredge]

OK...I didn't intend this email to be a solicitation for nude photos.  I've received 4 of them so far and they are very nice, but I think most of you are missing the point which is to be careful about sending private emails that you don't want ending up in the public forum.

-Scott

Scott Dredge <sdredge at yahoo.com> wrote: Visionaries,

Be aware that private emails can become public very easily.  Sometimes maliciously on purpose and sometimes quite by accident.  A few years ago, I had lunch with a gorgeous co-worker named Nancy.  After I returned to my desk,  I sent her a quick email about how I enjoyed working with her and asked her to please email any naked pictures of herself to me.  Inadvertantly, when I typed in her email address I entered it as "na,ncy" which was interpreted by my email program as being addressed to "na" and "ncy".  It turned out that "na" was an alias for "north america" so my email was delivered nearly company wide.  As you could probably imagine, I was flooded with amateur nude pictures from most of the women in my company and even from a few of the men (those I could have done without).

The moral of the story...be careful of the emails you send that you intend to keep private.

-Scott
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