Can you say, "Internet hoax." This one has been around for about six
months, even to the point of the Post Office and a couple of Reps.
including denials on their websites! The full version of this rumor
even included the mane of the supposed representative who was sponsoring
the legislation. But he did not exist.
Skip
Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
>
> Oh my god...First it was Internet Phones...now this crap?!?
> (Politicians...it figures!)
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: anyone here about this BS?
>
> > The U.S. Postal Service is claiming that 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 citizen received
> > about 10 pieces of email per day in 1998, the cost to
> > the typical individual would be an additional 50 cents
> > per day, or over $180 dollars per year, above and
> > beyond their regular Internet costs. Note that this
> > would be money paid directly to the U.S. Postal
> > Service for a service they do not even provide.
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