http://tinyurl.com/6fq7u (slashdot article link) A new policy takes effect on Sept. 24. PayPal will start fining both the seller and *the buyer* up to US$500 if pay for uses related to gambling, adult content or services, and buying or selling prescription drugs from noncertified sellers. Which is really interesting given that eBay, PayPal's parent corporation, has an entire adult category. I guess PayPal found another way to keep the black ink flowing. Viking Coder ____________ http://420000.e-gold.com --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: rah@shipwright.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-e-gold-list-507998N@talk.e-gold.com Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses. --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'