In a message dated 12/17/99 2:06:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Subj: [RR] Things that make you laugh! Merry Christmas
> Date: 12/17/99 2:06:29 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pastor Dan Lewiston)
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> File: winmail.dat (4580 bytes)
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> My friends, I don't ever forward anything, but this was too classic. This
> is
> my take on forwards. It is a good idea to think about what you are
sending
> to a friend.
>
> 1. Big companies don't do business via chain letters. Bill Gates is
not
> giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There is no
> baby food company issuing class action checks. Procter and Gamble is not
> part of a satanic cult or scheme, and its logo is not satanic. MTV will not
> give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most people. You
> can relax; there is no need to pass it on "just in case it's true".
> Furthermore, just because someone said in a message,four generations back,
> that "we checked it out and it's legit", does not actually make it true.
> 2. There is no kidney theft ring in New Orleans. No one is waking up
in
> a bathtub full of ice, even if a friend of a friend swears it happened to
> their cousin. If you are bent on believing the kidney theft ring stories,
> please see:
> HREF="http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm
> http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm
> <http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm> And I quote:
"The
> National Kidney Foundation has repeatedly issued requests for actual
victims
> of organ thieves to come forward and tell their stories. None have."
That's
> "none" as in "zero". Not even your friend's cousin. 3. Neiman Marcus
> doesn't really sell a $200 cookie recipe. And even if they do, we all have
> it. And even if you don't, you can get a copy at:
> http://www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html
> <http://www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html> Then, if you make the recipe,
> decide the cookies are that awesome, feel free to pass the recipe on.
> 4. If the latest NASA rocket disaster(s) DID contain plutonium that
> went to particulate over the eastern seaboard, do you REALLY think this
> information would reach the public via an AOL chain letter?
> 5. There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever,
> ever forward any email containing any virus warning unless you first
confirm
> that an actual site of an actual company that actually deals with viruses.
> Try: < http://www.norton.com <http://www.norton.com> > And even then, don't
> forward it. We don't care. And you cannot get a virus from a flashing IM or
> email, you have to download....ya know, like, a FILE!
> 6. There is no gang initiation plot to murder any motorist who flashes
> headlights at another car driving at night without lights.
> 7. If you're using Outlook, IE, or Netscape to write email, turn off
> the "HTML encoding." Those of us on Unix shells can't read it, and don't
> care enough to save the attachment and then view it with a web browser,
> since you're probably forwarding us a copy of the Neiman Marcus Cookie
> Recipe anyway. 8. If you still absolutely MUST forward that
> 10th-generation message from a friend, at least have the decency to trim
the
> eight miles of headers showing everyone else who's received it over the
last
> 6 months. It sure wouldn't hurt to get rid of all the ">" that begin each
> line either. Besides, if it has gone around that many times we've probably
> already seen it.
> 9. Craig Shergold (or Sherwood, or Sherman, etc.) in England is not
> dying of cancer or anything else at this time and would like everyone to
> stop sending him their business cards. He apparently is no longer a "little
> boy" either. 10. The "Make a Wish" foundation is a real organization
> doing fine work, but they have had to establish a special toll free hot
line
> in response to the large number of Internet hoaxes using their good name
and
> reputation. It is distracting them from the important work they do.
> 11. If you are one of those insufferable idiots who forwards anything
> that "promises" something bad will happen if you "don't," then something
bad
> will happen to you if I ever meet you in a dark alley.
> 12. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, and PBS and NEA funding
> are still vulnerable to attack (although not at the present time) but
> forwarding an e-mail won't help either cause in the least. If you want to
> help, contact your local legislative representative, or get in touch with
> Amnesty International or the Red Cross. As a general rule, e-mail
> "signatures" are easily faked and mean nothing to anyone with any power to
> do anything about whatever the competition is complaining about.
>
> P.S.: There is no bill pending before Congress that will allow
long-distance
> companies to charge you for using the Internet.) Bottom Line... composing
> e-mail or posting something on the Net is as easy as writing on the walls
of
> a public restroom. Don't automatically believe it until it's proven
false...
> ASSUME it's false, unless there is proof that it's true.
> Now, forward this message to ten friends, and you will win the Publishers
> Clearing House sweepstakes.
>
>
>
> ----------------------- Headers --------------------------------
Greetings All,
What is this file that is attached to this email? Did you put it there
or did it just show up? It is when you would see something like that,
(attached files) with out knowing the content that could contain a Trojan
Horse virus. Never download anything that you are not sure of. Ask the
person who sent you the email if they attached anything before you just go
blindly downloading. If they didn't then don't download it. Doing this is the
best protection next to using anti-virus software. As for all the hoaxes,
don't be suseptable to them. The only virus there is the one that got into
the mind to cause one to think it was real in the first place.
Please note this email has something attached it says File winmail.dat (4580
bytes)
If this wasn't put there by the Pastor who made this post, then it is likely
a virus and you should delete it. Also check your personal filing cabinets
too because a copy of it is also kept there and it still has the attached
file in it even after you deleted it from your inboxes.
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