The message below is from the Head Tech Dweeb at our school. You may want
to hold off on the e-mail barrage. Don't give them any ideas.
Michael Quanty
Psychology Professor
CBMTS Project Director
Thomas Nelson Community College
P.O. Box 9407
Hampton, Virginia 23670
Voice: 757.825.3500
Fax: 757.825.3807
-----Original Message-----
From: Philbrick, John
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 12:12 PM
To: Quanty, Michael; Bowman, Chris; Elsass, Robert
Subject: RE: Long Distance E-mail Charges - Please Read and Complain!
Friends: Old hoaxes never die, they just get resurrected in a slightly
different form. This one has been around for several years. The previous
note I saw on this even identified a congressional bill number, a
congressman who was sponsoring it, and an Alexandria lawyer who was fighting
it. All three were utterly fictitious! See the following link.
Mike, I'm grateful to you for at least checking it out before sending it on.
I'd encourage you to send my response back to those folks who notified you.
Here are a couple of relevant links, the first of which directly addresses
this hoax, and the next two address the many urban legends and email hoaxes
which are circulating.
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html#internetcharge
http://www.whidbey.net/~dcloud/fbns/bogus.htm
http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/beliefs/urbanlegends/library/blhoax.ht
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John W. Philbrick, Ph.D.
Director of Information Technology
Thomas Nelson Community College
PO Box 9407
99 Thomas Nelson Drive
Hampton, VA 23670
Phone: 757-825-3513 Fax: 757-825-2870
-----Original Message-----
From: Quanty, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 11:46 AM
To: Bowman, Chris; Elsass, Robert; Philbrick, John
Subject: FW: Long Distance E-mail Charges - Please Read and Complain!
Importance: High
Is this something we should shar with everyone. It would sure affect the
cost of doing business.
Michael Quanty
Psychology Professor
CBMTS Project Director
Thomas Nelson Community College
P.O. Box 9407
Hampton, Virginia 23670
Voice: 757.825.3500
Fax: 757.825.3807
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Flint [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 9:31 AM
To: TIPS
Subject: FW: Long Distance E-mail Charges - Please Read and Complain!
Hey Tipsters,
Something happened to my account so I have been out of the loop for a while.
I'm hoping that you have all heard about the following issue regarding
long-distance charges for email. If not, please read, complain, and pass it
on.
CNN reported that in the next two weeks, Congress is
going to vote on allowing telephone companies to charge for Internet
access. That means, every time we send a long distance e-mail we will
receive a long distance charge. This will get costly. Please visit to the
following web site and complain. Complain to your Congressman. Don't allow
this to pass.
http://www.house.gov/writerep
Pass this on to your friends. It is urgent!
I hope all of you will pass this on to all your friends and family.
All of us have an interest in this one.
PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW TODAY BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!
William J. Bicknell, MD, MPH 715 Albany Street,T4W
Professor and Chairman Boston, MA 02118-2526, USA
Department of International Health Email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
School of Public Health Home Phone: 781-837-4101
Associate Vice-President for
International Health Home Fax:781-837-6571
Boston University Office Fax: 617-638-4476
Office Phone:617-638-5234
This could obviously have a serious impact on listservs!
Rob Flint
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Robert W. Flint, Jr., Ph.D.
The College of Saint Rose
Department of Psychology
Albany, NY 12203-1490
Phone: 518-458-5379
Fax: 518-458-5446
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WWW: http://academic.strose.edu/academic/flintr
