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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a comment on the postage thing...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The postal people I know would be more than happy to see 
private mail disappear altogether, they wouldn't miss it a bit. Profit wise the 
majority of money made is on buisness mail and junk mailings. I don't know this 
for a fact but by personal experience, looking at my mailbox, this sounds 
plausible.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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  <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A 
  href="mailto:fritz@xxxxxxxx"; title=fritz@xxxxxxxx>Gary Fritz</A> </DIV>
  <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:get@xxxxxxxxxxx"; 
  title=get@xxxxxxxxxxx>get@xxxxxxxxxxx</A> ; <A 
  href="mailto:Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"; 
  title=Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> ; <A 
  href="mailto:Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx"; 
  title=Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx</A> </DIV>
  <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 28, 1999 8:43 AM</DIV>
  <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: &quot;alternate postage fees&quot; = hoax</DIV></DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Sorry for the duplicate posting, but somehow my mailer garbled 
  the first attempt.<BR><BR><BR><?color><?param 7F00,0000,0000>&gt; For whatever 
  it is worth <BR>&gt; Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt. to charge a 5 
  cent <BR>&gt; surcharge ... <BR>&gt; One congressman, Tony Schnell (r) has 
  even suggested ... <BR><BR><?/color>This is a hoax. See <U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000><A 
  href="http://www.usps.gov/news/press/99/";>http://www.usps.gov/news/press/99/</A>99045new.htm</U><?/color> 
  <BR><BR>There is no &quot;Bill 602P,&quot; and no &quot;Congressman 
  Schnell&quot; exists. <BR><BR>Please, people. We know you mean well, but 
  forwarding these bogus warnings causes more damage and headaches than you're 
  ever going to prevent in the unlikely event that one of these things is 
  actually true. And if it IS really true, I think we can rely on more 
  traditional news channels to get the word out, instead of chain 
  letters.<BR><BR>If you really feel you have to forward a warning like this, 
  check it out first!! There are lots of good places to do that, such as: 
  <BR><BR><U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://www.urbanlegends.com</U><?/color>, 
  <BR>including 
  <U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html</U><?/color> 
  <BR><U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://urbanlegends.about.com</U><?/color>, 
  <BR>including 
  <U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blemtax2.htm</U><?/color> 
  <BR><U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://www.ciac.org/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html</U><?/color>, 
  <BR>including 
  <U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://www.ciac.org/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html#emailtax<BR>http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html<BR><BR></U><?/color>...and 
  there are others. Check it out before you propagate a hoax! <BR><BR>Gary 
  <BR><BR><PRE></PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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From: "THOMAS BECK" <thombek@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: "alternate postage fees" = hoax
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:44:52 -0700
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a comment on the postage thing...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The postal people I know would be more than happy to see 
private mail disappear altogether, they wouldn't miss it a bit. Profit wise the 
majority of money made is on buisness mail and junk mailings. I don't know this 
for a fact but by personal experience, looking at my mailbox, this sounds 
plausible.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px">
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">
  <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A 
  href="mailto:fritz@xxxxxxxx"; title=fritz@xxxxxxxx>Gary Fritz</A> </DIV>
  <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:get@xxxxxxxxxxx"; 
  title=get@xxxxxxxxxxx>get@xxxxxxxxxxx</A> ; <A 
  href="mailto:Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"; 
  title=Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> ; <A 
  href="mailto:Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx"; 
  title=Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx</A> </DIV>
  <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 28, 1999 8:43 AM</DIV>
  <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: &quot;alternate postage fees&quot; = hoax</DIV></DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Sorry for the duplicate posting, but somehow my mailer garbled 
  the first attempt.<BR><BR><BR><?color><?param 7F00,0000,0000>&gt; For whatever 
  it is worth <BR>&gt; Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt. to charge a 5 
  cent <BR>&gt; surcharge ... <BR>&gt; One congressman, Tony Schnell (r) has 
  even suggested ... <BR><BR><?/color>This is a hoax. See <U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000><A 
  href="http://www.usps.gov/news/press/99/";>http://www.usps.gov/news/press/99/</A>99045new.htm</U><?/color> 
  <BR><BR>There is no &quot;Bill 602P,&quot; and no &quot;Congressman 
  Schnell&quot; exists. <BR><BR>Please, people. We know you mean well, but 
  forwarding these bogus warnings causes more damage and headaches than you're 
  ever going to prevent in the unlikely event that one of these things is 
  actually true. And if it IS really true, I think we can rely on more 
  traditional news channels to get the word out, instead of chain 
  letters.<BR><BR>If you really feel you have to forward a warning like this, 
  check it out first!! There are lots of good places to do that, such as: 
  <BR><BR><U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://www.urbanlegends.com</U><?/color>, 
  <BR>including 
  <U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html</U><?/color> 
  <BR><U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://urbanlegends.about.com</U><?/color>, 
  <BR>including 
  <U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blemtax2.htm</U><?/color> 
  <BR><U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://www.ciac.org/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html</U><?/color>, 
  <BR>including 
  <U><?color><?param 0000,8000,0000>http://www.ciac.org/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html#emailtax<BR>http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html<BR><BR></U><?/color>...and 
  there are others. Check it out before you propagate a hoax! <BR><BR>Gary 
  <BR><BR><PRE></PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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From: "ROBERT ROESKE" <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RealTraders" <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re - OEX 660
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:45:54 -0700
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<DIV><FONT size=2>660 is about all we get on strong down days.&nbsp; A crash 
would take it to 653.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>BobR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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