from: john.nieder@f33.n125.z1.fidonet.org

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] Well this is completely useless, isn't it.. If we imagine this ]logically we can see masses of e-mail entering the White House while snail ]mail trickles out... Definately [sic] a buffer problem |-]. At least ]they're trying, I suppose... ]DrZaphod The White House E-Mail gambit is a gimmick without substance. One - according to a previous Cypherpunks post, the e-mail isn't getting through; two - they want mailing addresses for acknowledgement, which is absurd for any number of obvious reasons (take your pick or come up with your own); finally (this is the _real_ kicker), tonight's news informs me that the Clinton White House is making a "symbolic" cost-cutting gesture by reducing staff "up to 25%." Where will these reductions come from? "The reductions will come mostly from staff whose job is to respond to mail from the public." This hoax is the biggest joke since Rush Limbaugh gave out his CompuServe address. A collective Cypherpunk e-letter to Slick? Let's not & say we did...[yawn!] JN ["The White House is informed that no group or persons are authorized by Mr. Nieder to speak on his behalf, including Mr. Clinton."] ... Source: "Deniable Asset Squares Up" - San Francisco, CA --- Blue Wave/Opus v2.12 [NR] -- John Nieder - via FidoNet node 1:125/555 UUCP - ...!uunet!hoptoad!kumr!fidogate!33!John.Nieder INTERNET - John.Nieder@f33.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG