On Sat, 12 Dec 1998, Reeza! wrote:
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:50:57 +1000 From: Reeza! <howree@cable.navy.mil> To: "cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com> Subject: RE: Postcard Debates
This would open the door for the USPS to charge for each email sent. The same rules? No. Based on those rules, but not the same rules. The same rules would slow email down considerably also, wouldn't they???<g>
Reeza!
Funny you should mention the USPS and email. I was browsing through the latest issue of PC WEEK (12-07-98), and noticed the following paragraph in Spencer Katt's column "Rumor Central" on page 178 - "A self-proclaimed 'project mis-manager' was chatting with a buddy who's done some development work for the U.S. Postal Service. His pal was talking about a new project in which the USPS will accept electronic documents, merge them with a mailing list, print them at the post office branch closest to the destination of each document's recipient and deliver them for less than the price of a snail mail stamp. The kicker: Microsoft is considering an add-in that will put a USPS 'Mail' button in Office 2000 for directly linking to the service." it's pure evil. Regards, Ken Williams Packet Storm Security http://www.Genocide2600.com/~tattooman/ E.H.A.P. Head of Operations http://www.ehap.org/ ehap@ehap.org NC State CS Dept http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/ jkwilli2@unity.ncsu.edu PGP DSS/DH/RSA Keys http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jkwilli2/pgpkey/ ___________________________________________________________________ Get Your Email Sniffed and Decrypted for Free at http://www.nsa.gov