a good deed of the week

[Henry M]

All I see is one site denying that they are involved. That doesn't 
validate Anything in my eyes.

On 25 Nov 96 at 23:38, hankhank at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu wrote:

> Date:          Mon, 25 Nov 1996 23:38:48 -0600 (CST)
> From:          <hankhank at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
> To:            Henry M <gravity at nicom.com>
> Cc:            pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject:       Re: a good deed of the week

> 
> 
> On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Henry M wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone who has been on the net for a while believe this any
> > more than any other chain letter? Am I an evil product of my
> > generation for suggesting that it is a hoax?
> 
> I just visited the page, and one of its links, the Afrocentric Guide
> introduces itself as follows:
> 
> >                                  [AFROCENTRIC GUIDE]
> > 
> >           Welcome to the NETLiNkS! Afrocentric Guide, a
> >           celebration of Afrocentricity on the World Wide Web.
> >           Here we provide a comprehensive guide of African
> >           American & Canadian web links and resources. 
> 
>             (stuff deleted)
> 
> >           All Users Please Read!
> > 
> >           There has been some confusion over the past three weeks
> >           over the development of the NETLiNkS! Afrocetric Guide.
> >           Spam mail is currently circulating the Internet which
> >           has made many users to believe that this site is part of
> >           a contest going on for three African-American males
> >           located in Washington D.C. trying to win scholarships
> >           for college. For the record, LER Infosystems and the
> >           developers of this is site have nothing to do with or
> >           any association with any contest or individuals from
> >           Washington D.C. The truth to this rumour is that the
> >           actually developers involved in a contest are the
> >           individuals involved with the Stamp on Black History
> >           website. Please direct all your comments to the correct
> >           site and not to the NETLiNkS! Afrocentric Guide.
> 
> So there might be some truth to it.
> 
> Heikki
> 
> 

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