No doubt this request has been floating around the internet for several
weeks and this poor family has had to change their email address.
In general any kind of chain mail request is a terrific waste of bandwidth
and administrator time.
TG
>Janet,
>
>This came across my desk and I was asked to forward it. I thought maybe you
>might want to write them and maybe pass it on to others. I would be my
>guess that this might be a study on infectious diseases or some such thing.
>
>Steve
>
>> Subject: science fair
>>
>> Hi, our names are Stevie and Amanda. We are in the 5th grade at the
>> Phillipston Memorial school, Phillipston, Massachusetts, USA. We are
>> doing a science project on the Internet. We want to see how many
>> responses we can get back in two weeks. (We are only sending out 2
>> letters). Please respond and then send this letter to anyone you
>> communicate with on the Internet.
>>
>> Respond to smc@tiac.net.
>>
>> 1. Where do you live (state and country)?
>> 2. From whom did you get this letter?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Stevie and Amanda
>>
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