"Microsoft will pay [for it in the future if they keep doing things the way they do them]" seems to be included on most anti microsoft email lists (such as apache, horde, etc). I'm not sure if there is a good way to solve problems like these without generating some FP's
________________________________ From: Steve Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 5/20/2004 11:26 AM To: Eric Toll Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scoring Hoaxes On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 02:21:02PM -0400, Eric Toll is rumored to have said: > > Dear Friends; Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates > sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent later. Microsoft and > AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure > that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and > AOLare running an e-mail beta test > When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track > it (If you are a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks time period. > For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay > you $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, > <snip> > > This one has been going around for a few years.... > Anyone care to share anti-hoax rules. bayes "sharing his fortune" "forward this e-mail" "Microsoft will pay" I'm sure some meta rules could be created using the above phrases. Probably others, too. -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true." - James Branch Cabell
