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- From: morgan@engr.uky.edu (Wes Morgan)
- Subject: Re: Chain letters?
- References: <ed.724044684@cwis> <pschleck.724049200@cwis>
- <1992Dec11.165515.22434@eff.org>
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.180920.28593@ms.uky.edu>
- Organization: University of Kentucky Engineering Computing Center
- Sender: morgan@ms.uky.edu (Wes Morgan)
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:09:20 GMT
- Lines: 32
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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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