Imagine working for an enormous global oil conglomerate. Now imagine you were trapped in a reply-all chain thousands of your coworkers—stretching across continents and timezones.

When NYU sophomore Max Wiseltier received an email from NYU's Bursar office last night about a new, electronic tuition form, he wasn't sure what to do so, naturally, he forwarded the email to his mom. "do you want me to do this?" was his exact response. There was one small problem, though; instead of hitting "Fwd" he…

Brandlink Communications is a nationwide PR firm with a minimum of two employees who are astoundingly inept: the one who sent the blogger the stupid celebrity pitch, and the one who called her a "fucking bitch," without apology.

At the University of Iowa, a campus-wide email from the College Republicans touting their "Conservative Coming Out Week" (sample: "Conservatives in Iowa City it is now time to come out of the closet!") prompted one professor to Start a Dialogue:

An email with a long list of recipients can be an easy way to accomplish tasks by electronic committee. It can also be an infuriating way to gum up your inbox for days. Let's set some ground rules.

Boa-sporting Mediabistro.com proprietress Laurel Touby continues unabated in her menacing campaign to misuse email—an invention originally designed to simplify communications. Her latest infraction: in order to promote an upcoming "Mediabistro Circus," she decided to save a little time by sending a mass email to her…

Remember last December, when Laurel Touby's inability to use the internet created mayhem? Now (or yesterday), months later, Animal gadfly Bucky Turco annoys everyone on that list again with the attached plug for a funny Pope-related thing on their website. No responses this time from Spiegelman, Bercovici, or Jared…