Fw: [MIT] FW: Books for Sick Kids (fwd)

Rohit Khare (khare@w3.org)
Tue, 17 Dec 1996 13:00:35 -0500


Yah, I seen it a few times and I didn't believe it for a second, either.
Still, every once in a while it's true, like last year's christmas hits
donation from Sun (?)

RK

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> From: Joseph M. Reagle Jr. <reagle@w3.org>
> To: Susan Hardy <susan@w3.org>; w3t@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [MIT] FW: Books for Sick Kids (fwd)
> Date: Tuesday, December 17, 1996 12:49 PM
>
> And it's bogus... (well it wasn't originally) but they already reached
> their cap, and their server went down in flames (I'm told on a MIT grad
> student list where I saw it three times). My rule of thumb: When a public
> message asks for potentially unsolicited email (virus report, johnny is
> dieing but wants to get in the guiness book of records etc.) don't. If
you
> think it is important (virus), send it to your sysadmin, who will know
what
> to do.
>
>
> At 12:01 PM 12/17/96 -0800, Susan Hardy wrote:
> >>Return-Path: mitch@au-bon-pain.lcs.mit.edu
> >>To: mmitchel@tstc.edu, graphics@graphics.lcs.mit.edu,
> assistants@ai.mit.edu,
> >> help-teach@hq.lcs.mit.edu
> >>Subject: FW: Books for Sick Kids (fwd)
> >>Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 11:46:59 -0500
> >>From: Mitch Mitchell <mitch@au-bon-pain.lcs.mit.edu>
> >>
> >>This is easy folks and just takes a second!
> >>
> >> Houghton Mifflin Publishing Corporation will donate one book to
a
> >>children's hospital for every 25 e-mails they receive. Please e-mail
> >>them at:
> >> share@hmco.com.
> >>
> >> I hope you can spare the seconds . . . and LET YOUR FRIENDS
KNOW!
> >>So far, they have only received 3,400 messages. Last year they
reached
> >>23,000.
> >>
> >
> >The email needs to state "donate a book."
> >
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