Hello Everyone on the List, I know that this is off topic but I thought this would be of interest to everyone of us who do genealogy, and who have found new family members through the different lists, etc. A Federal Bill 602P-5 has been introduced which will permit the government to CHARGE a 5 cent fee on all delivered E-mail. Under this legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees". The post office does not have anything to do with E-mail but it sure seems as if they do want to. If I understand this correctly-the 5 cents would be charged for the Internet Service Providers and they inn turn would charge us the users/ receivers. SOMEONE has figured up that would cost us 50 cents a day and would amount to $180 a year. This is in addition to our regular Server costs. I for one would have to drop all my lists and would not e-mail anyone. The only way we can stop this is to contact our congressmen/women and let them know our feelings on this. Pat of NYS

Merry Christmas & I own some swamp land for sale. This is one of many, many well known hoaxs that have been around since e-mail started. See http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ for details. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: <rodopat@juno.com> To: <RANDOLPH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 8:53 AM Subject: E-mail fees > Hello Everyone on the List, > I know that this is off topic but I thought this would be of interest to > everyone of us who do genealogy, and who have > found new family members through the different lists, etc. > A Federal Bill 602P-5 has been introduced which will permit the > government to CHARGE a 5 cent fee on all delivered E-mail. Under > this legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail > users out of "alternative postage > fees". The post office does not have anything to do with E-mail but it > sure seems as if they do want to. If I understand this correctly-the 5 > cents would be charged for the Internet Service Providers and they inn > turn would charge us the users/ > receivers. SOMEONE has figured up that would cost us 50 cents a day and > would amount to $180 a year. > This is in addition to our regular Server costs. I for one would have > to drop all my lists and would not e-mail anyone. > The only way we can stop this is to contact our congressmen/women and let > them know our feelings on this. > Pat of NYS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237