Top 10 embarrassing emails made public

You’ve read the rude emails exchanged by two London men over a "hot girl" which went viral. But they are just the latest in a long line of people hitting send before thinking. Here news.com.au reveals the top 10 other embarrassing email blunders.
 
1. Do You Know Claire Swire?

When Claire Swire sent a naughty note to her solicitor boyfriend Bradley Chait remembering a recent romp, he proudly shared the email with some friends, who shared it with their friends under the subject line "Do You Know Claire Swire?". Millions ended up reading the gory details.
 
2. Ham Strung

An exchange between legal secretaries over a missing ham sandwich leads to both women getting the sack.
 
3. A Very Bad Day

When the World Trade Centre fell on September 11, 2001, US Transport Secretary Stephen Byers' special adviser Jo Moore emailed colleagues saying it was a good day to bury bad news. She had to apologise after the email became public.
 
4. Hot List

Three male employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Ireland were suspended for circulating an email which rated thirteen new females employees on their looks.

5. Human Relations

When personnel officer John Crook recommended one of his colleagues for a pay rise and was asked by his manager why he felt his colleague deserved it he gave his reasons and jokingly added: "She was a grrrrrrrrreat s*&!# as well!" He lost both his job and a claim for unfair dismissal.

6. Chat-up Cheese

Joseph Dobbie met a woman at a party, later acquired her email address and sent her a message describing her smile as "the freshest of my special memories". He went on to say he was sure she would "be able to see sincerity where others would see cliche". Instead, she forwarded the message to her sister and millions ended up reading it. The sender had included his phone number and was bombarded with mocking calls.

7. Web Browser

Former British Treasury press officer Robbie Browse sent an email to friends making fun of Chinese people’s eyes. But he accidentally copied it to his press list, containing 83 leading national newspaper journalists. One them immediately replied asking: "Will we all be invited to your leaving party?" Browse faced disciplinary action.

8. Insult the Aged

When principal Patrick Hazlewood and his school's treasurer Barry Worth jointly received an emailed complaint from local pensioner Mary Kelly about some misbehaviour by their pupils, Mr Hazelwood responded: "Tell her to get stuffed”, thinking his response was only going to his colleague. But he hit 'Reply All' so his message also went to Mrs Kelly.

9. Penta-gone

Devon schoolgirl Claire McDonald found herself receiving emails containing top secret information from the Pentagon after being accidentally added to a round robin list by a navy commander. One of them was offering advice to the UK on how to prevent secrets from being leaked.

10. Email boob

A Ray White property consultant sent an email with the subject "Show me your t@#$!'' to a columnist at the Courier-Mail. His explanation was that he his office had changed their email program and he was sending a test message to his partner, the contents of which are a long-standing joke between the couple.

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