Charge for email

[MrAnderson]

I have gotten a couple emails about a bill going thru legislature that will try to tack on a proposed $.05 charge to each email that is sent over the net. How will they regulate this and will it actually pass? LMK you thoughts!

 

[BowDown]

No way... Never happen!

Damn post office must be crying again...

 

[Wangel]

This 'FAKE' email has been going around longer than the Hoola Hoop! It's not real. Do a seach on the Internet when you get your next email. I hate people that take serious every email they get. It's partly because of you that other people get so much spam and junk mail! Try using the delete key once in a while.

 

[BowDown]

I don't see how they could do it either... All mail doesn't pass though a given set of servers, so it would be up to the individual ISP's to keep a tally. You will see a revolution if that starts to happen... Don't we pay enough for our ISP?

 

[ArkAoss]

charge per email, hmmpf, i'd like to see something were i could put a mialing addy on an email, and it gets routed to their local post office and printed and snail mailed, that i'd pay for, you could send pictures to friends, and a little faster too.. they could automate such a thing too

 

[MrAnderson]

I think this is aimed more at the Free email users and also Wangel, why do you have to bash other people? I never even said I sent this to other people I just RECEIVED it and wondered what validity it had, I don't necessarily take it serious because I have a good working knowledge of computers and the internet so it would be near impossible to do. The gov't can work in mysterious ways though. I have heard it through word of mouth also so I am just asking. Don't flame me for just posting a topic. GEEZ!

Some people are just too high strung!

 

[yakko]

<< LMK you thoughts! >>


I thought it was a fake the last hundred times it was posted here.

 

[guyver01]

Don't worry... it's a hoax... someone sent the same email to my local newspapers &quot;troubleshooter&quot; and asked if it was legit... he said no way, Two reasons why.
(1) The senators (or House Reps, depending on which version you read) don't exist.
(2) The bill numbering scheme doesn't follow any Senate or House scheme.

 

[Windogg]

United States Postal Service Reponse To The Hoax

 

[fir3wir3]

ICQ IS WORSE!!!!!11



&quot;FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST OR ICQ WILL CHARGE YOU EVERYTIME YOU USE YOUR MICROWAVE!!&quot;

....

ok

 

[nippyjun]

If anything the goverment will charge ISP's some sort of mail tariff, but to collect money from end users... i don't see it happening.

 

[skywhr]

<&quot;FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST OR ICQ WILL CHARGE YOU EVERYTIME YOU USE YOUR MICROWAVE!!&quot;>

ROTFLMAO!