originates from spammers to begin with
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Bingo! I have 2 acquaintences that send me this junk, and it seems as though I get tons more spam following each episode. I have never been dumb enough to forward any of it, and I am now at the point of deleting without even opening unless I recognize a legitimate topic in the subject line.
I have tried telling my relatives who continue to spam me that I delete any and all forwarded e-mails, but they think I don't mean theirs! ARrrgggg!
I don't get that sort of stuff all that often, and it's even rarer still that something is worth keeping or forwarding, but if I do I'll send it individually, and remove all the names/addresses at the top of the mail.