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Re: An Internet Christmas

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From: Peter Renzland
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 09:58
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Yesterday I quoted someone who quoted someone who said:

>>Sun Microsystems is donating $0.10 to a food bank each time an Internet
>>user sends an email message to any (or all) of the three addresses below:
>>
>>   santa@north.pole.org
>>   elves@north.pole.org
>>   rudolph@north.pole.org

Well, it was a spam scam.  Untrue.  Please disregard ... To wit:
                           ======   ================

>Subject: Santa Scam
>
>> CMU just posted this as the "Message of the Day":
>>
>> ****************************************************************************
>>
>> Wed Dec 14 15:52:45 1994
>>
>> There is an electronic mail "scam" stating that if you send mail to any
>> of a particular set of addresses, that Sun Microsystems will donate money
>> to charity.  This is NOT true.  Please do not send mail to the following
>> addresses:
>> santa@north.pole.org, elves@north.pole.org & rudolf@north.pole.org
>> ****************************************************************************

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Peter Renzland   Passport Online   Toronto   Je danse donc je suis   tanztoll
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From: peter@passport.ca (Peter Renzland)
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Subject: Re: An Internet Christmas
Date: 15 Dec 1994 04:58:27 -0500
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