zenmomma *

This was sent to me privately. Apparently this type of email is a big no-no.
So sorry. :-/

~Mary

>
>These e-mails take on a life of their own. The PBS one that just
>passed through the group was several years old and the people
>who started it have been trying to stop it almost from the very
>beginning. I humbly recommend not responding.
>
>There are already many case studies that show that internet chain
>letters create a very-difficult-to-stop, often exponentially growing,
>generally overwhelming response. Besides Hotmail being very
>inconvenienced by the traffic, Mrs. Lenz could find herself named
>in a lawsuit as a result of violating the agreement with them
>forbidding chain letters - if there are damages. In fact, these days,
>internet DOS or "denial of service" attacks can be considered
>information warfare, aka terrorism.


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