They're lists of affirmations and platitudes "just for us gals," and after getting a few dozen I came to dislike them so much that I felt compelled to archive them in order to expose this phenomenon. Although they put on a very flowery, heart-y, teddy-bear, baby-animal randomly- icon-studded front, many come in the form of e-extortion, demanding you forward on a certain amount within a limited time and keep it alive or face permanent bad luck of some sort.
To complete your mental image, keep in mind that many of these arrive with triple-digit file sizes, multiple fonts and text colors, and 10-15 incongrous images inserted, ranging from blinking smilies to dollies to Precious Moments illustrations--a little cheese smorgasbord in email form. (Pass the boxed white zin!)
Yes. hearing nice sentiments and knowing people are thinking about you are nice. But I'd much rather get one personal email than 20 of these. What follows for your possible amusement and entertainment are emails that command you to forward along an "EMAIL HUG," email chain letters, email declarations of friendship just between the girls, and crap about angels, all of which have led me to declare that the forward stops here.