Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 19:01:04 -0600

From: Katherine Catmull kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BGA.COM

Subject: Holiday Giving--Don't Mail to Those Addresses



I got a message like Michael Linn's too, but it turns out to be a

misunderstanding that is causing the folks at those addresses some

problems. I've attached this from alt.folklore.urban. Please spread this

around to anyone who's sending out those messages.



From: pbfriedm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]us.oracle.com (Perry Friedman)

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban

Subject: Re: Holiday email folklore?

Date: 14 Dec 1994 18:39:06 -0800



[deletia]



Some more info on this, from Sun:



Received: DECEMBER 14, 1994 18:26 Sent: DECEMBER 14,

1994 18:25

From: Jamison Gray

UNX03.US.ORACLE.COM:[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Xenon.Stanford.EDU,[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Sunburn.Stanford.EDU:Jamison.Gray[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]

eng.sun.com

To: phdcs-alumnus[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CS.Stanford.EDU phdcs[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CS.Stanford.EDU

mscs-alumnus[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CS.Stanford.EDU mscs[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CS.Stanford.EDU

chughes[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]minniemouse.cemax.com

Subject: Correction (Re: Holiday Spirit)

Reply-to:

UNX03.US.ORACLE.COM:[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Sunburn.Stanford.EDU:Jamison.Gray[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]eng.sun.com

UNX03.US.ORACLE.COM:[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Xenon.Stanford.EDU

X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII



Sorry for the wide distribution, but there's incorrect

information floating around on the net. This is from

Sun's PR department:



Sun is participating in a project conducted by the Internet

Multicasting Service to generate funds for the needy during the

Holidays. The project, called the Cyberspace Christmas Campaign,

consists of a home page -- north.pole.org -- on the World Wide Web,

accessible via a browser such as Mosaic.



Every time the page is accessed, Sun will donate 10 cents to the Second

Harvest Food Bank. Sun's limit will be a total of $25,000. Other

companies are participating as well, donating funds to their specified

charities.



***Contrary to an e-mail circulating on the Internet, the donation is

not made every time an e-mail message is sent to this address.***



For more information, contact Luther Brown at the Internet Multicasting

Service, 202-628-2044 or George Paolini at Sun Microsystems,

415-336-0806.



The aforementioned Home Page (http://north.pole.org) includes the text:



Please Don't Spam Santa



There is a rumor going around that we're trying to get as

many messages as possible sent to santa[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]north.pole.org.

Not true...Santa has all the mail he can handle and asks

that you refrain from spamming him or there might be a few

last-minute transfers to the "naughty" list.



Please correct this rumor wherever you've seen it.



Happy holidays to all!

-- Jamie Gray







kate kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]bga.com