Thanks for the infomation. Incidentally, this "info" came from someone in a very large corporation in RTP. Still, it's important for everyone to be on the lookout for "Washington Surprises". The internet has a lot of enemies not only in government but also in many industries.--AL =============== ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: al johson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Fw: Fw: Proposed email charges from the US PostalService!!
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, al johson wrote: > > > Normally, I don't forward messages like this one. But I'm making an > > exception because I received it from a very reputable source. Naturally, > > this would impact the whole Interenet in an extremely negative manner. > > Basically, the U.S. PostOffice wants the govt to levy a tax for them on > > every email we send (and receive), and there is a bill in > > Congress!!---AL Johnson. > > And you shouldn't have made an exception in this case. There is no > Congressman Tony Schnell, for example, and 602P is a badly-formed bill > designation - if it were a real bill in front of the US Congress, it > would be H.R.602 or S.602. > You may want to downgrade your opinion of the source you received this > from from "reputable". > > http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/pending/email.htm > > best, > Steve Burnett > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
