By David Mccormack PUBLISHED: 10:13 EST, 1 January 2014 | UPDATED: 11:19 EST, 1 January 2014 Kerry Kennedy upset plenty of friends and acquaintances this holiday season after a simple email wishing everyone a Merry Christmas turned into a whole heap of spam for recipients including billionaire financier Steven Rattner, actress Catherine Keener and former Kennedy family political adviser Alan Fleischmann. Kennedy’s eco-friendly, e-card featured a photo of her three daughters, together with a biblical quote and a simple Merry Christmas greeting. Unfortunately for her - and everyone’s inbox - a technical glitch meant that even though everyone was bcc’d, anyone who responded by hitting 'Reply All' sent their message plus e-mail address to Kennedy’s entire distribution list.
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Kerry Kennedy sent her friends a card featuring a photo of her and her daughters
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Unfortunately a technical glitch meant everyone on her list received replies that were supposed to be sent to just her
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An email war ensued after a number of her 'friends' lost patience with receiving so much spam and demanded to be taken off the list
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Several people then attempted to stand up for Kerry before she sent another email to apologize for starting the whole mess
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‘Kerry did nothing wrong... she never exposed anybody’s private e-mails or intended to... this did not irritate me to get a bunch of e-mails that say happy holidays to @placeholder,’ he protested.