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Today From Jen Hubley, your About Today Editor By the time you get to this email, you will have deleted 57 forwards from well-meaning friends and relatives, telling you that everything you're doing is killing you slowly, or perhaps quickly, and in an embarrassing way. Hoax List: Current Netlore & Urban Legends If you were to believe what you read in your inbox, you'd think that all food was poison and every public figure was secretly a terrorist. Top 25 Urban Legends What Is a Hoax? See More About:  email hoaxes  web hoaxes  internet rumors How to Avoid Forwarding Hoaxes Most of the time? These forwards are the furthest thing from the truth. Which is why you'll want to do your research before you hit "forward" yourself. Last Year's Top Urban Legends and Hoaxes Newest Urban Legends See More About:  email etiquette  forwarding emails  hoaxes How to Clean up Emails Before You Forward Them Another thing you'll want to do before forwarding anything: Take out those annoying line-breaks and dashes. You could be delivering the most important message in the world, a completely accurate warning without which we'll all be doomed, and no one will read it if it looks like that. How to Forward Emails as Attachments Top 18 Free Email Accounts See More About:  cleaning email  forwarding email  email cleanup tools Top 26 Most Important Rules of Email Etiquette No. 1 is the most important, in my opinion: Look before you send. What's Your Biggest Email Pet Peeve? Free eCourse: 5 Days of Email Etiquette See More About:  email etiquette  email basics  email productivity Today Ads Flu Shot Cold Remedy Common Cold Remedies Cold and Flu Cold Treatment Featured Articles Singer-Songwriter Gerry Rafferty Dies At Age 63 Autism-Vaccine Link Called a Fraud Dress to Look 10 Pounds Thinner How to Make a Terrarium What Is Epiphany? Follow Us on Facebook   More from About.com Over the Counter Cold Medications How to choose the right medication for your cold and flu symptoms. More> Should Kids Get Flu Shots? Think your child is too healthy to need a flu shot? Think again. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Today newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement