How do you politely tell one of your friends to stop forwarding you chain e-mails?

What I personally do is go to snopes, find where it was debunked, copy and paste a snippet and the link and hit 'reply to all'. Usually, it's been forwarded to everyone in their address book, so this way, my debunk gets sent to them all too. It hasn't stopped my stepmother from sending them out--but it did make her take MY email address out of the address book.

It's not rude to debunk something someone sent you. It's no ruder than it is to have them send it to you without your wanting it. What I personally do is go to snopes, find where it was debunked, copy and paste a snippet and the link and hit 'reply to all'.

Usually, it's been forwarded to everyone in their address book, so this way, my debunk gets sent to them all too. It hasn't stopped my stepmother from sending them out--but it did make her take MY email address out of the address book. It's not rude to debunk something someone sent you.

It's no ruder than it is to have them send it to you without your wanting it. You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

My daughter just told me in a laughing way to not send me those darn emails again. She said if I want to write her then she will read those, but if it was one of those it is being deleted. I took the hint.

My daughter just told me in a laughing way to not send me those darn emails again. She said if I want to write her then she will read those, but if it was one of those it is being deleted. I took the hint.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question. Send them a message of this nature: "I appreciate that you want to include me in your email forwards, but I just really don't have time to read them.

Send them a message of this nature: "I appreciate that you want to include me in your email forwards, but I just really don't have time to read them. You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

"Please remove my address from your mailing list." But keep in mind that some spyware programs pull their info from people's address books and they LOOK like they came from your friend but they may not have. Create a new email address that is only used for important contacts.

I have one for subscriptions (opt-in lists), billing, personal, clients, website and a temporary one that I use when in doubt that I can delete if the contact isn't legit. Having 10 inboxes allows me to control where my information is coming from and who it's from. But I get far less spam now from family that I reply to with the snopes.com link that debunks their spam WITH links to how spammers use the CC-All line to harvest email addresses with AND instructions on how to forward with BCC (blind CC) if they really feel it's important.

Asking someone to remove me from their list has worked the best though. Even telling them I have a NEW email and giving them the temporary one (and creating a filter on my old address to auto-delete anything from them) now gives me a way of cutting them off completely if they don't get the clue. Besides, they have my phone number if they REALLY need to get in touch, right?

"Please remove my address from your mailing list." But keep in mind that some spyware programs pull their info from people's address books and they LOOK like they came from your friend but they may not have. Create a new email address that is only used for important contacts.

I have one for subscriptions (opt-in lists), billing, personal, clients, website and a temporary one that I use when in doubt that I can delete if the contact isn't legit. Having 10 inboxes allows me to control where my information is coming from and who it's from. But I get far less spam now from family that I reply to with the snopes.com link that debunks their spam WITH links to how spammers use the CC-All line to harvest email addresses with AND instructions on how to forward with BCC (blind CC) if they really feel it's important.

Asking someone to remove me from their list has worked the best though. Even telling them I have a NEW email and giving them the temporary one (and creating a filter on my old address to auto-delete anything from them) now gives me a way of cutting them off completely if they don't get the clue. Besides, they have my phone number if they REALLY need to get in touch, right?

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question. The easiest thing to do is simply delete them over and over when they come in.

However, a slightly more passive aggressive tactic is to forward them one of those chain letters that complains about and makes fun of chain letters. The worst are the holiday-based chain letters. The easiest thing to do is simply delete them over and over when they come in.

However, a slightly more passive aggressive tactic is to forward them one of those chain letters that complains about and makes fun of chain letters. The worst are the holiday-based chain letters. You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars.

If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question. I think its best just to reply to one of them, saying, "i know you may think these are real, but I do not wish to recieve these from you. "i know you may think these are real, but I do not wish to recieve these from you.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question. I usually explain that I get too much email to sort through it all so please don't forward anything to me.

I also tell people that don't seem to understand that "if you didn't type it, do not send it to me" that worked for my dad. I usually explain that I get too much email to sort through it all so please don't forward anything to me. I also tell people that don't seem to understand that "if you didn't type it, do not send it to me" that worked for my dad.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question. The best polite way is to just "delete" the mail or change your mail settings, to get all your friend's mail to junk folder!

The best polite way is to just "delete" the mail or change your mail settings, to get all your friend's mail to junk folder! You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

Nothing really works. I have one friend I've asked time and again to take me out of her address book, because asking her not to send me forwarded messages and religious chain mail has gotten me nowhere. I got one today.

I politely told her that I was going to block her if I got one more, because I did not know any other way to get her to stop. Nothing really works. I have one friend I've asked time and again to take me out of her address book, because asking her not to send me forwarded messages and religious chain mail has gotten me nowhere.

I got one today. I politely told her that I was going to block her if I got one more, because I did not know any other way to get her to stop. You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars.

If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

With TV ratings into consideration and one day break for the last team to finish the first round, I would assume the second round starts at 4/30. This is easy for both Lakers - Jazz and Blazers - Rockets series. Should they both go to Game 7, they would finish at the same time 5/2.

If NBA decide no break is required and TV ratings being considered, the game might start as early as Sunday 5/3. Otherwise, with one day break, the next round would start on Monday 5/4. I would say big possibility that the second round starts on sunday 5/3 (for TV ratings purposes).

The last game for Eastern conference first round is Sunday 5/3. With one day break, all NBA teams would start at 5/5 or with no one day break the next round would start at 5/4 at the latest.