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Send Button Follies

Originally published by "dbarker" on 2003-04-02 18:02:00Z

Misfired Messages Roil Businesses: Here’s a fun article that may make you want to swear off email all together. It’s full off cringe-inducing email escapades.

A salesman with a weekly habit of soliciting group sex used a list of contacts he kept on his corporate e-mail address book. One day he accidentally included three of his biggest customers in the mailing, including links to graphic photographs of him, his wife and their prior exploits. After the furtive swinger’s obligatory dismissal, Drolet said the incident crushed morale at the company that employed him, and one of the three customers found another supplier.