>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 14:05:49 -0400 (EDT) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: BOUNCE [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Non-member submission from [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>From MIT.EDU!sao Tue May 4 14:05:48 1999 >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Received: from MIT.EDU(PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU[18.69.0.28]) (3167 bytes) by >ns1.vrx.net > via sendmail with P:smtp/D:aliases/T:pipe > (sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 4 May 1999 14:05:47 -0400 (EDT) > (Smail-3.2.0.100 1997-Dec-8 #2 built 1997-Dec-18) >Received: from CASCADE.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP > id AA12421; Tue, 4 May 99 14:02:06 EDT >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Received: by cascade.MIT.EDU (5.57/4.7) id AA28753; Tue, 4 May 99 14:01:55 -0400 >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Ken Freed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: "Jon Leland (Communication Bridges)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > Net-Happenings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Protest proposed phone company Internet charges >In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 May 1999 10:49:17 MDT." > <v03110702b354c1939725@[63.14.57.114]> >Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 14:01:54 EDT > > >>Dear: >> [ ] Friend >> [ ] Well-meaning co-worker >> [ ] Relative by marriage and/or birth >> [ ] Vague acquaintance >> [X] Random person who hoovered my email address someplace >> >>I've received your recent >> [X] Well-Intentioned Petition >> [ ] Heartwarming Chain Letter >> [X] URGENT WARNING of DIRE PERIL!!!!! >> >>Unfortunately, it appears that you're forwarding around an urban >>myth. The best thing to do with these is simply delete them, and >>send this note you're reading right now back upstream to the person >>who sent you the myth in the first place. Even though it may well be >>true that... >> >> [x] The Government or Large Corporations >> [ ] Dying children >> [ ] Gang members >> [ ] Space Aliens >> [ ] Bill Gates and Dave Rhodes >> >>is/are... >> >> [ ] harvesting organs for transplant, >> [X] doing something incredibly stupid and anti-social, >> [ ] collecting replies via email, >> [X] secretly ruining the lives of helpless innocents, >> >>...it's certain you can't do anything about it by forwarding email >>around. Although your interest in the matter is duely noted. >> >>Your forwarded message contains the following signs of being >>an urban myth. >> >> [X] An urgent call to action. >> [ ] MESSAGE BODY CONTAINS OVER 50% CAPITAL LETTERS. >> [X] No verifiable origin of the information. >> [X] More than six exclamation points in the subject line!!!!!! >> [ ] Fwd: RE: FWD: Incomprehensible subject line due to nested forwards. >> [X] Length of mail headers exceeding 5X message length. >> [ ] >>>>>>>>More than five levels of forwards in message body. >> [X] Relative dates (e.g., "this morning", "January"). >> [X] No absolute dates (e.g, "January 30, 1999"). >> [X] An emotional plea to forward the message along. >> >>Please. Think before you forward. Take three minutes to check >>the facts behind a message before sending it along. Even if the >>message claims "Top Scientists at Yale have verified this!!" don't >>send it along unless you can find those Top Scientists yourself. >> >>And please, PLEASE, SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!! >>It's VERY IMPORTANT!!!! Do it before midnight, TONIGHT!!!! >>Operators ARE standing BY!! PAST PERFORMANCE is NO guarantee >>of FUTURE RESULTS! Don't think!!! Forward this now! Now!! NOW!!! > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Those who give up a little freedom for a little security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one" --Thomas Jefferson
