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kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie) wrote:
>
>I read the joke chain letter. I don't think it is a chain letter (any
>more than a toy car is car). Thus, I don't think the new prohibition
>even covers the specific material they want to ban.
>

I'd classify anything that says "send this to XX other people" as
a chain letter..........

>Here is what I think they should have done:
>
> 1) Announced that this joke letter is going around
> 2) Ask people to be considerate about what they email to others
> 2) Remind people of the University's rules about harassment

Speaking from experience, I can almost guarantee that you forgot steps 3 and 4:

  3) Watch as your email system sags under dozens or hundreds (or, in my 
     particular experience, *thousands*) of identical copies of the letter.

  4) Explain to other users why their email is being delayed for hours.
     Explain to still more users why the system is bogged down with a
     dozen copies of sendmail at the same time.  

--Wes

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