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cilla4progress

(24,724 posts)
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 11:55 AM Feb 2021

Anyone else received crazytown group emails from random acquaintances?

Just received one this morning from a professional acquaintance -- Qanonish conspiracy about the vaccine.

Not "bcc'd," so now another 20 crazies have my professional email address!

Fuck - she sends out this crazytown hydrochloroxiquine or whatever ("America's Front Line Doctors" ) email to me - without any knowledge or discussion of my views, just doesn't care. I recently kindly had a mentoring session with her so she has my email and made this assumption, and then shares it with 20 other loonies from her address book! Forcing me to reply all telling her I'm not interested and remove me from the list!

I better not start getting emails or confrontations from the others on the list.

Livid at these people. No sense of civility!

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Anyone else received crazytown group emails from random acquaintances? (Original Post) cilla4progress Feb 2021 OP
Could be a hack of her computer ... just saying (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #1
I know, cilla4progress Feb 2021 #2
Any weird emails I get go directly into my SPAM folder without me even opening them. abqtommy Feb 2021 #3
Believe me, cilla4progress Feb 2021 #4

cilla4progress

(24,724 posts)
2. I know,
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 12:03 PM
Feb 2021

I've considered that.

I was polite.

We will see how it unfolds.

She had a couple others on the list who surprised me, then I realized, like me, they likely did not allow, much less invite, inclusion in the email! I can't imagine other professionals in my field would want to be included!

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
3. Any weird emails I get go directly into my SPAM folder without me even opening them.
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 12:49 PM
Feb 2021

We gotta protect ourselves!

cilla4progress

(24,724 posts)
4. Believe me,
Tue Feb 2, 2021, 01:27 PM
Feb 2021

that's where they are headed if I hear from any of them!

I'm curious whether I will hear from some of my other colleagues on the list with similar reactions...

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