[TriLUG] Fw: Fw: Proposed email charges from the US PostalService!!

[al johson]

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
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----- Original Message -----
From: <burnett at pobox.com>
To: al johson <alfjon at mindspring.com>
Cc: <trilug at trilug.org>
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
> burnett at pobox.com
>
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