Sorry to get everyone's E-mail clogged up..I did not think this was a hoax as it was printed in a trade magazine that we get. Again I apologize You all have a nice Holiday.. Pat On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 05:02:58 -0700 "Dick Wells" <dwells@chisp.net> writes: > 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 >