Email remains the Internet's most popular application. Literally billions of email messages are sent each day. Others find it difficult to find the time to wade through their inboxes. Some friends and co-workers may inadvertently add to the burden by circulating email chain letters. Chain letters come in a variety of genres.
Some chain letters are more practical.
And many people pass on messages such as the one that says AOL is giving away money for forwarding email - despite the fact that there's no way to track whether an email has actually been forwarded. Apparently someone does. Email messages on the topic are often circulated, warning that certain programs are being removed from the air for their religious content. Because so many people have sought confirmation of the story, the government has posted a permanent response . A number of bogus virus warnings also make the rounds quite regularly.