This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------A18DE410006EA6736CDEFAAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------A18DE410006EA6736CDEFAAE Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com ([63.92.80.123]) by runyon.mail.mindspring.net (Mindspring Mail Service) with ESMTP id t8330t.m0d.37kbi7f for <[email protected]>; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:55:41 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f17HoXp08395; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 09:50:33 -0800 Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 09:50:33 -0800 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Wed Feb 7 09:50:28 2001 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 12:05:34 -0600 From: Eveline Crocker <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Organization: HN Crocker Drilling ; King Crocker Ranch; X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, WESTEX-ROOTS-L <[email protected]>, "Leigh, Kathy" <[email protected]>, "Lucas, Donnie" <[email protected]>, "Pettit, Burle" <" bpettit"@lubbockonline.com>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Bane <[email protected]>, Dean Crocker <[email protected]>, "mail.mev.net" <[email protected]>, "Dalton, Carolyn" <[email protected]>, "Crocker, Dwight" <[email protected]> Old-CC: [email protected], Ella Bond <[email protected]>, "\"\\\"Doc\\\" Gecko\"" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected] McCarter" <[email protected]> X-Priority: 1 (Highest) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [WESTEX-ROOTS-L] [Fwd: Bill 602P Charges for e-mail.] Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/943 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] I feel each and everyone of us need to know about this action and attempt to prevent it from being approved by writing our congressmen, asking them to vote NO. TO THE LIST MODERATORS! This does concern GENEALOGY MAILING LISTS. Have a Happy Day! Regards Eveline Crocker Texas -------- Original Message -------- From: "marge" <[email protected]> Subject: Bill 602P Charges for e-mail. To: "marge" <[email protected]> I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per email 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 email. 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 email 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 email 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 per day - or over $180.00 a year - above and beyond their regular Internet cost. 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, Toney Shcnekll (R) has even suggested a $20.00 - $40.00 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 email to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives to 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 this email. --------------A18DE410006EA6736CDEFAAE--