What is inappropriate forwarding?
You should always think twice when you are asked to forward something to everyone in your address book. It is impolite to forward chain letters, virus warnings, or jokes, unless you know that the person specifically likes to receive that sort of thing. Also, in general, it is considered rude to forward a personal message without asking, or at least telling, the person who sent it to you. This holds whether you are forwarding it to only one other person, or to your entire address book. Also, it should be mentioned that it is considered very rude to make any changes to the original text of the forwarded message without noting it. If you summarize or edit anything anyone else has written, you should very clearly mark which are your words and which are the other person’s. On the other hand, there is one case when it is impolite not to make changes; if you are only responding to part of a long message, you should cut out the part you are not responding to, just to save the reader from havin
