IP: free books for kids, SORRY!!!!!

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 12:53:46 -0400
From: Lenny Foner <foner () media mit edu>
To: farber () cis upenn edu
Subject: IP: free books for kids
Cc: foner () media mit edu


NO NO NO!


This is an endlessly-circulating bogon like the Craig Shergold
problem.  Don't forward it, and please rescind your letter below.
(Even if they didn't learn and they're doing it -again-, I'm highly
suspicious of any such letter that (a) doesn't have the date of start
and date of end of the promotion, and (b) doesn't have a web page to
check for further info, including whether it's already over.  And you
should be, too, of any such letter---you know how these things can
circulate for years...)


I have a couple of letters from H-M and people who know friends there
from last time this went around as to how much of a problem this was
for them, if you're interested, but lack of cutoff dates and ways to
check the message should be clue enough that this should -not- be
forwarded...


    Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 12:44:19 -0400
    From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>


    Subject: free books for kids
    Date: Tue, 27 May 97 09:10:19 -0800
    From: Meryl Natchez <meryln () mastersoftware com>
    The Houghton-Miffin publishing company is giving books to children's 
    hospitals; the number of books they give depends on how many e-mails 
    they receive.  For every 25 e-mails they receive, they give one book.  
    All you have to do is send an e-mail to: share () hmco com and write "give 
    kids books" in the subject line.  It only takes a few minutes.
    So far they have only received 400 messages, last year they received 
    23,000.




    PLEASE pass on the message!