I received this message from a friend in La concerning email costs. Best Regards, Jimmy E. Cooley Researching Surnames ARRINGTON BAILEY BISHOP BOUNDS COOLEY McCARTY NEUGEBAUER PHILLIPS SANDERS SULLIVAN WALDEN. LOUISIANA-PARISH: Beauregard, Calcasieu, Sabine, Vernon, and Winn. MISSISSIPPI-COUNTY: Clarke, Jasper, Newton, and Wayne. TEXAS-COUNTY: Angelina. Jimmy Earl Cooley 2402 Peachstone Court Silver Spring, Maryland 20905-4314 Jimmy, I don't know if you have received this rumor or not but if you have or if you do recieve it you will know the truth of the matter. I just got this reply from Senator Breaux in answer to my inquiry. I hope it puts your mind to rest on the subject. Dear Mrs. Cole: Thank you for your letter regarding recent rumors of legislation that would institute a five-cent charge on E-mails over the Internet. I appreciate your taking the time to contact me. Please know that there is no such legislation pending in the U.S.Congress, nor are there any other plans that I know of to begin assessing such charges. Enclosed is a copy of a letter sent to me by the U.S. Postal Service which further discusses the rumor. I hope that this information is helpful to you. If I can assist you in any other way, please let me know. Sincerely, JOHN BREAUX United States Senator Letter to Senator Breaux from USPS May 25, 1999 Honorable John B Breaux United States Senate Dear Senator Breaux; It has come to our attention that a false rumor about legislation affecting the U.S. Postal Service is being circulated on Internet e-mail. Since some of you have received inquiries on this rumpr, I wanted you to know the facts so that you can respond appropriately. The e-mail message claims that a "Congressnab Schnell" has recently introduced "Bill 602P." The bill would allow the federal government to impose a 5-cent surcharge on all e-mail messages sent over the internet. The revenues would be turned over to the Postal Service. This rumor, of course, is completely false. As you well know, there is no such Congressman and bills are not named in this fashion. Furthermore, the Postal Service would never contemplate such legislation, nor would we support it even if it were proposed. The Postal Service has taken steps to combat this rumor. We have issued a press release on the subject; a copy is attached for your information. We have also placed a prominent statement on both our external and internal web pages and contacted the American Internet Professionals group, which plans to debunk the rumor on its official web site. If we can be of further assistance to you and your staffs, please let us know. Deborah K. Willhite Senior Vice President, Government Relations USPS Copy of Press release For immediate release May 21 1999 Contact: Roy Betts (202) 268-2155 Release No. 45 USPS website: http://www.usps.com E-MAIL RUMOR COMPLETELY UNTRUE WASHINGTON- A completely false rumor concerning the U.S. Postal Service is being circulated on Internet e-mail. As a matter of fact, the Postal Service has learned that a similar hoax occured recently in Canada concerning Canada Post. The e-mail message claims that a "Congressman Schell" has introduced "Bill 602P" to allow the federal government to impose a 5-cent surcharge on each e-mail message delivered over the internet. The money would be collected by Internet Service Providers and then turned over to the Postal Service. No such proposed legislation exists. In fact, no "Congressman Schnell" exists. The U.S. Postal Service has no authority to surcharge e-mail messages sent over the internet, nor would it support such legislation. -30- Best Regards, Jimmy E. Cooley Researching Surnames ARRINGTON BAILEY BISHOP BOUNDS COOLEY McCARTY NEUGEBAUER PHILLIPS SANDERS SULLIVAN WALDEN. LOUISIANA-PARISH: Beauregard, Calcasieu, Sabine, Vernon, and Winn. MISSISSIPPI-COUNTY: Clarke, Jasper, Newton, and Wayne. TEXAS-COUNTY: Angelina. Jimmy Earl Cooley 2402 Peachstone Court Silver Spring, Maryland 20905-4314