Federal Charge for Email

[J2T]

Anyone getting the email saying the gov't is gonna start charging .05 per email? Is this a crock or what? Just want to know everyone's comments on this matter.

Jared

 

[Napalm381]

Hoax.

 

[Amused]

It's an old urban legend. Netlore, if you will. It's not true.

 

[skywhr]

sigh

 

[GasX]

*double sigh*

 

[BDawg]

Oh dear, what ever will I do...

 

[tigerwannabe]

I didn't get it in this go-around of spam. I heard this same rumor sometime last year. Somebody resurrects this bs every so often & circulates it.

 

[LadyNiniane]

<< Anyone getting the email saying the gov't is gonna start charging .05 per email? Is this a crock or what? Just want to know everyone's comments on this matter. >>



Time to whip out the Snopes link again.

It's a hoax.

C'mon folks, do yourselves and your family and friends a favor. Check these things out before you post them/send them on/spread more rumors. Use the above link (and go here if you want to check out virus warning hoaxes), and educate your correspondents as well.

Lady Niniane

 

[yakko]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Narse]

I can't believe people are actually fooled by these spam e-mails! :Q

 

[Static911]

sigh

static911

 

[YaKuZa]

its a hoax? damn, ive been sending the post office a nickel everytime i send an email out.

 

[J2T]

Guys I know its a hoax, I am just wondering if I am the only one who keeps recieving this BS. Heh, and the funny thing is they usually get sent to me by my family members.

 

[tm37]

But if you send it to 20 people you get a free trip to disneyland!

 

[bigbootydaddy]

i just set my yahoo mail to auto deliver to my hotmail, and hotmail to auto deliver to yahoo mail.

in a matter of seconds I will make the government infinitly rich and hold the record for the poorest bastard walking the earth.

ITS A HOAX.

 

[dopcombo]

hey... spam is fun.... to send to people u dun like..

I remeber there's a website somewhere where you can sign someone's email up to a few hundred spam email lists with just one entry...

 

[351Cleveland]

Out of curiosity, how would they enforce something like that? Waht kind of monitoring could they do? I can't think of a single feasable way short of requiring specific email clients to be used by everyone, and even that isn't very feasible. If they did decide to do this, how would this affect ICQ/AIM/etc?


I KNOW it is folklore, but I thought it could be an interesting topic.