A colleague accidently sent me an e-mail that was supposed to go to his mistress?

It's quite graphic, about what he plans to do to her later. She has a name similar to mine, so his e-mail autofill probably put in my e-mail address when he hit send (maybe he was typing with one hand!). It's from his business account. He has a wife and three kids. Should I reply to it and say, "I got this by accident?"

(BTW, I dated his wife when I was in college and still kind of have a thing for her.)

Forward it on the his home email address.

Teach the bugger a lesson.

reply to his email telling him that you are flattered that he wants to do all of that to you but you don't swing that way. Use some refrences from his email so he knows what you're talking about and then watch his face. lol. seriosly I agree with whoever called you a snake for the BTW comment. DO NOT even attempt to rekindle feelings with this woman, and do not send it to her so that you can swoop in like the good guy. All you really can do (aside from telling this guy that he is screwing his life up, no pun intended) is mind your own business.

Is your colleague your superior or a peer?

Either way, go to him face to face with a printout of the email and tell him you received it by mistake.

also, remind him that workplace security provides a record of all transactions - emails, posts like this one, etc. and that this kind of activity is highly inappropriate for work. It can and will be used against him in a divorce situation.

Then don't give him a chance to explain himself - just walk out the door.

Distance yourself from this person if you can.

Don't tell him to his face, but forward it back t