TWL: email fees
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Tara chyc@peganet.com
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 12:27 PM
Subject: Forwarding Important Attachment
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!! 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.
Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to
bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees". 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.
Washington, DC lawyer Richard Stepp is
working without pay to prevent this legislation from becoming law. 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."
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. The whole point of the
Internet is democracy and noninterference. You are already paying an
exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic efficiency. 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. Our
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! Send this to E-mail to
EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives 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.
Please forward!
Bruce,
The message you forwarded sounded a bit strange to me so I did a little
internet search of my own. My investigation found that "602P" is not a
legitimate bill number and there is no such congressman as "Tony Schnell".
Then I found this site that talks about this same topic:
http://www.house.gov/oxley/s9910a.htm
Here is the Post Office statement on the subject:
http://www.usps.com/news/press/99/99045new.htm
Sounds like this is one for the Urban Legends website.
Kerry Glass
M/V Growler
Alameda, CA
Marine Ships Store wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Tara chyc@peganet.com
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 12:27 PM
Subject: Forwarding Important Attachment
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!! 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.
Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to
bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees". 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.
Washington, DC lawyer Richard Stepp is
working without pay to prevent this legislation from becoming law. 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."
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. The whole point of the
Internet is democracy and noninterference. You are already paying an
exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic efficiency. 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. Our
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! Send this to E-mail to
EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives 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.
Please forward!
Amazing how quickly "Urban Legends" travel... I use "please forward" in my
mail filters-works real well! Here's more on this flavor...
- Urban Legends Reference Pages: Inboxer Rebellion (Post No Bills)
Is the United States Postal Service going to slap a 5-cent surcharge on
every e-mail message?
... Claim: The government is going to impose a 5 surcharge on every
Internet e-mail message sent. Status: False. Example: [Collected on the
Internet, ...
... will affect your use of the Internet. Under proposed legislation the
U.S. Postal Service will be attempting to bilk email users out of "alternate
...
... to charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email delivered, by billing
Internet Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in
turn by ...
91% Sat, 03 Jun 2000 06:06:50 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/pending/email.htm
Reference site is http://www.snopes.com/
Don't feel bad guys, everyone gets sucked in once in a while! (I do this
"Computer/Internet Security stuff" for a living...)
Regards...
Phil Rosch
"Dolly Surprise" MT-44DC
Wakefield, RI
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-trawler-world-list@samurai.com
[mailto:owner-trawler-world-list@samurai.com] On Behalf Of Marine Ships
Store
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:53 AM
To: Trawler World; Trawler List; Timpano, Frank; Taylor Made Products;
Taylor Made Products; Taylor Made; Nobeltec
Subject: TWL: email fees
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Tara chyc@peganet.com
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 12:27 PM
Subject: Forwarding Important Attachment
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!! 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.
Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to
bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees". 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.
Washington, DC lawyer Richard Stepp is
working without pay to prevent this legislation from becoming law. 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."
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. The whole point of the
Internet is democracy and noninterference. You are already paying an
exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic efficiency. 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. Our
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! Send this to E-mail to
EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives 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.
Please forward!
To those who have believed the 'Email Fee' Hoax, take warning:
Gullibility Virus Spreading Over the Internet!
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Institute for the Investigation of Irregular Internet
Phenomena announced today that many Internet users are becoming infected by a
new virus that causes them to believe without question every groundless story,
legend, and dire warning that shows up in their Inbox. The Gullibility Virus, as
it is called, apparently makes people believe and forward copies of silly hoaxes
relating to E-Mail viruses, get-rich-quick schemes, and conspiracy theories.
"These are not just readers of tabloids or people who buy lottery tickets based
on fortune cookie numbers," a spokesman said. "Most are otherwise normal people,
who would laugh at the same stories if told to them by a stranger on a street
corner." However, once these same people become infected with the Gullibility
Virus, they believe anything they read on the Internet. "My immunity to tall
tales and bizarre claims is all gone," reported one weeping victim. "I believe
every warning message and sick child story my friends forward to me, even though
most of the messages are anonymous."
Internet users are urged to examine themselves for symptoms of the virus, which
include the following
. the willingness to believe improbable stories without thinking
. the urge to forward multiple copies of such stories to others
. a lack of desire to take three minutes to check to see if a story is
true
T. C. is an example of someone recently infected. He told one reporter, "I read
on the Net that the major ingredient in almost all shampoos makes your hair fall
out, so I've stopped using shampoo." When told about the Gullibility Virus, T .
C. said he would stop reading e-mail, so that he would not become infected.
*********************************************************************
Forward this message to all your friends right away! Don't think about it!
This is not a chain letter! This story is true! Don't check it out! This
story is so timely, there is no date on it! This story is so important, we're
using lots of exclamation points!!! For every message you forward to some
unsuspecting person, the Home for the Hopelessly Gullible will donate ten cents
to itself. (If you wonder how the Home will know you are forwarding these
messages all over creation, you're obviously thinking too much.)
*********************************************************************
Folks - this is a WELL KNOWN HOAX - Sorry
----- Original Message -----
From: Marine Ships Store chyc@peganet.com
To: Trawler World trawler-world-list@samurai.com; Trawler List
majordomo@samurai.com; Timpano, Frank ftimpano@richmond.infi.net; Taylor
Made Products jmelita@taylormadegroup.com; Taylor Made Products
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Nobeltec support@nobeltec.com
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:53 AM
Subject: TWL: email fees
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Tara chyc@peganet.com
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 12:27 PM
Subject: Forwarding Important Attachment
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!! 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.
Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to
bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees". 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.
Washington, DC lawyer Richard Stepp is
working without pay to prevent this legislation from becoming law. 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."
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. The whole point of the
Internet is democracy and noninterference. You are already paying an
exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic efficiency. 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. Our
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! Send this to E-mail to
EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives 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.
Please forward!