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