In the mid-’90s, I wrote several pages on the general topic of mail that asks you to forward it.
How to defeat a chain letter
An anti-chain-letter, along with some long-outdated links to other information about chain letters.
Forwarding hysteria
A recommendation against forwarding email that tells you to forward it, written in the 1990s.
Bad-luck-threat anti-chain letter
An anti-chain letter, not written by me, which threatens bad luck to anyone who doesn’t forward it.
Science projects about forwarding email
Notes about a couple of please-forward-this chain emails.
A specific dying-wish chain letter
Notes about a specific please-forward-this chain email.
Houghton-Mifflin email forwarding
Notes about a specific please-forward-this chain email.
Note on the “FCC Modem Tax” Rumor
Notes about a specific false chain email.
Note on the 1997 FCC-related mass-forward email
Notes about a specific viral rumor that turned out to be based on a misunderstanding.