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From: Ed Kern <>
Subject: [KERN-L] Fwd:
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:43:10 -0800 (PST)


Sory, guys. This apparently is another one of those urban legends
that keeps getting passed around.

Ed

---UNC Spam Info <> wrote:
>
> To ALL concerned....
> This petition is (read carefully) NO LONGER BEING USED!! It
> has become a spam-mail phenomenon - an email phantom that has
> been haunting the web because it keeps getting forwarded, not
> through the fault of the people who do so, but because they
> have been misinformed. Students generated this petition in 1995
> and used it two months after it's inception.
> It was and is not the content or purpose of the petition
> that UNC has EVER renounced, and especially not the students right
> to free speech, it was the way in which the petition was sent out
> in bulk with no date or statement about longevity of use. Please
> pass on this page to those you may have forwarded the petition to.
> Misinformation can be a powerful thing! G'day to all...
>
> http://www.unco.edu/petition.html
>
> (The Original UNC spam mail reply follows:).....
>
> This message has been sent to you because you have sent
> a message pertaining to a "bulk" mail message. Two such
> mailings originated here at the University of Northern
> Colorado. UNC does not condone soliciting of any kind and
> does not support spam emails. The students who sent
> out the messages were reprimanded by the University and have
> agreed to not abuse the network by sending out chain
> messages.
>
> The messages we are aware of are the PBS/NEA/NPR petition
> and the "Internet Business Opportunity" message. If you
> believe you have received a newly generated message,
> please send a message to along with
> a copy of the message.
>
> Thank you for your cooperation. These are problems we
> are still dealing with, although these messages were sent
> out years ago. We are trying to stop the spread of these
> messages, but have had little luck as the vastness of the
> internet continues to grow.
>

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