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From: 92804168@***.UWPLATT.EDU
Subject: None
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 07:12:00 CST
You know, the worst thing about having a chain letter sent to a list like
this is not the letter itself; it is all the subsequent letters that other
people send to the list about the chain letter. I have received at least
6 or 7 letters about the chain letter that were, in my opinion, just as much
a waste of space as the letter itself.

I would like to ask the members of the list to refrain from commenting on
such letters in the future. If one gets sent to the list, do NOT spend the
next two days talking about it! Simply mail a letter to the sysadmin of the
place it came from, or let your local sysadmin know about the problem, and
delete the message.

This is not meant to be a flame. I just don't think it is right for us to
complain about a chain letter wasting our time and/or disk space, and then
spend a dozen email messages complaining about it. Its like seending 5 or 6
first class postage letters (at 29 cents each) to someone about 10 cents that
they owe you.

Sincerely,

David L. Hoff
92804168@***.uwplatt.edu

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