Spam Collectors

Ever had one of those friends who just seems to collect spam? All those powerpoint things, nice poems, funny pictures, "pass this on" warnings, pleas for sick relatives etc?

I seem to have one - and she's forwarding each and every single thing to me! Unfortunately it ends up in the delete box. I just don't have the heart to say "stop!". She thinks it's thoughtful and friendly to pass it on. I don't. Especially when you receive 20 such things in the space of 3 minutes...

I guess each one of those emails started out as a nice gesture - once upon a time at least. But they've been forwarded to death, done the rounds millions of times, and the nice gesture has become an email irritant. There's almost nothing new in heaven or on earth these days.

So is it better to let her think she's being nice by passing the message on, or tell her straight out to quit the spam? She likes them, others around here do too - I don't. Insensitive of me? Perhaps. But I'd rather get a genuine "how are you" from a friend than a million "pass it on's".