In a message dated 10/17/01 9:23:43 AM Central Daylight Time, jeff@naicu.edu writes: > This may not be a hoax, per se, but it IS pointless to sign and forward it. > (Go to http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/firemansday.html for a good > discussion of why it's pointless.) > > For starters, the "petitions" are supposed to go to a Hotmail address -- but > Hotmail's Terms of Service expressly prohibit this kind of chain letter. > That's probably why the address is no longer working (as another poster > noted). > > What a wonderful way for a no gooder to collect E-Mail addresses from innocent do gooders. No public official is apt to pay any attention to one of the petitions even if it is legitimate. Now, lets get back to genealogy. Jno