SCN: Fw: E-MAILS PLEASE READ

[Doug Schuler]

If I had to say one way or the other I'd say that this note
is a hoax.

-- Doug

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On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, emailer1 wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: BJoh102392 at aol.com 
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 6:30 PM
> Subject: Fwd: E-MAILS PLEASE READ
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> Folks, please read this and send to everyone you know that uses email and send an email or letter to your government offical.   Bette 
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>   Linda A. Henry, Systems Analyst 
>   Office of Financial Management 
>   International Trade Administration 
>   14th & Const. Ave., NW, HCH 4112 
>   Washington, DC 20230 
>   202-482-5343 
>   202-482-5584 (fax) 
>   linda_henry at ita.doc.gov 
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>   Other OFM sites to visit: 
>   ITA Domestic Financial Coding Pattern 
>   www.ita.doc.gov/ofm_guidance/domestic.htm 
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>   Received: from monroe.OSNET.OSEC.DOC.GOV 
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>      by ita.doc.gov; Thu, 07 Mar 2002 12:12:34 -0500 
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>   Subject:  Fwd: Fw: Bill 602P 
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>   Guess the warnings were true.  Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail sent. 
>   It figures!No more free E-mail!We knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will 
>   permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every delivered 
>   E-mail. 
>   Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and 
>   continue using E-mail.  The last few months have revealed an alarming trend 
>   in the 
>   Government of the United States attempting to quietly push through 
>   legislation that will affect our use of the Internet. 
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>   Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to 
>   bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees." 
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>   Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent surcharge 
>   on every e-mail delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source. 
>   The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. 
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>   Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this 
>   legislation from becoming law. 
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>   The US Postal Service is claiming lost revenue, due to the proliferation of 
>   E-mail, is costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have 
>   noticed their recent ad campaign: "There is nothing like a letter." 
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>   Since the average person received about 10 pieces of E-mail per day in 
>   1998,the cost of the typical individual would be an additional 50 cents a 
>   day -- 
>   or over $180 per year -- above and beyond their regular Internet costs. 
>   Note that this would be money paid directly to the US Postal Service for a 
>   service they do not even provide. 
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>   The whole point of the Internet is democracy and noninterference. You are 
>   already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic 
>   inefficiency.  It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered 
>   from coast to coast.  If the US Postal Service is allowed to tinker with 
>   E-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States. 
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>   Congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) has even suggested a 
>   "$20-$40 per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the 
>   governments proposed E-mail charges.  Note that most of the major 
>   newspapers have 
>   ignored the story the only exception being the Washingtonian which called 
>   the idea 
>   of E-mail surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" (March 6th, 1999 
>   Editorial).  Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode away! 
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>   Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and 
>   relatives to write their congressional representative and say "NO" to Bill 
>   602P. 
>   It will only take a few moments of your time and could very well be 
>   instrumental in killing a bill we do not want. 
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