Fwd: E-mail Billing/Say No! Notify your congressman today.

[ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Carol Z. Logan wrote:

> Slightly out of the SEELangs list members' main areas of concern, but FYI,
> just in case:
>
> >
> >VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!!
> >
> >I 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!!
> >
Apologies to Ms. Logan, whose instincts are all in the right place,
but this hoax has been circulating
since 1999, if not longer. Further details can be found on websites which
track urban legends (type "urban legend" into your favorite search
engine and you will find a number of such sites).

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