Sharing Encouragement Via Email

I responded to an email today that asked how I got their email address as the person didn?t know me.
I want to share my reply with you all as a way of protecting your privacy.

[Response text]
I apologize for not introducing myself.

I am Minister Frank Coleman, webmaster at New Joy Divine Full Gospel Church in Chicago. [http://www.newjoydivine.org]

Let me tell you how I got your email address.
Many people feel that sharing quotes, prayers and words of encouragement through email is great. I agree that some of these messages have merit, however many are just time wasters. I have tried to convey to the people sending these posts that if they want to share stuff like this to use the "BCC" (Blind Carbon Copy) line when entering email addresses instead of the "TO" or "CC" line. Blind Carbon Copy hides the email addresses from the other recipients when you send email to a large group of people. (If you don't see a "Bcc" as a choice in your email client, click on the "Cc" or the image next to the "Cc", it will open up all three choices; "To" - "Cc" - "Bcc")

Using the "TO" & "CC" lines exposes your email address to EVERYONE the sender has addressed.

Just like you received an email from me & you don't know me, think of a SPAM artist cultivating email addresses from seemingly innocent email and flooding you with sales offers or even worse. These innocent emails are the greatest source for email addresses on the net today.

I know this because I have a couple of web businesses and look into as many ways to advertise as possible. Farming email addresses from large email posts isn't illegal, but it is unethical. You will NEVER get a solicitation from me.

I was responding to some bad info shared in the original email.

I apologize for the intrusion. I will be sure that your email address does not make its way into my lists.

IN HIS SERVICE

Min. Frank Coleman
[End of response]

PLEASE; care about your friends enough to use the ?BCC? line when entering their email addresses on large mailings. You can put your own email address in the ?TO? line and place everyone else on the ?BCC? line. Help to prevent as much spam as you can.