5 Cent charge on E-mail
Sue White
sawhite at eden.rutgers.edu
Tue Jun 22 13:31:17 CDT 1999
fyi. it is a hoax...
http://www.usps.gov/news/press/99/99045new.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 1999
Release No. 45
E-MAIL RUMOR COMPLETELY UNTRUE
WASHINGTON A completely false rumor concerning the U.S. Postal
Service is being
circulated on Internet e-mail. As a matter of fact, the Postal
Service has learned that a similar
hoax occurred recently in Canada concerning Canada Post.
The e-mail message claims that a "Congressman Schnell" has introduced
"Bill 602P" to allow
the federal government to impose a 5-cent surcharge on each e-mail
message delivered over the
Internet. The money would be collected by Internet Service Providers
and then turned over to
the Postal Service.
No such proposed legislation exists. In fact, no "Congressman
Schnell" exists.
The U.S. Postal Service has no authority to surcharge e-mail messages
sent over the Internet,
nor would it support such legislation.
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Sue White
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