Has anyone else seen this? Is it legitimate? I refuse to pass it on to my list if it is indeed a scam to collect email addresses for a later spam. (I realize that I am not showing the true holiday spirit, but I worry about the use of the net for other purposes...). Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 PHONE: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169 INTERNET: [log in to unmask] Owner: HISTARCH *** Forwarding note from MUSEUM-L--UNMVMA 12/13/94 07:33 *** Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@ASUACAD) by ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7792; Tue, 13 Dec 1994 07:33:20 -0700 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 10:42:02 +0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Joe Cain <[log in to unmask]> Organization: National Science Teachers Assn. Subject: (Fwd) *hungry for the holiday spirit* X-To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] To: Multiple recipients of list MUSEUM-L <[log in to unmask]> Here's a holiday idea: From: "Alex Mondale" <NSTA/ALEX_M> Organization: National Science Teachers Assn. To: All NSTA Staff Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 18:26:34 +0500 Subject: (Fwd) *hungry for the holiday spirit* (fwd) >>Want to do a kind thing for some hungry kids this holiday season? >>If not, press delete now. If you have a heart and a minute, read on. >> >>Sun Microsystems is donating $0.10 to a food bank each time an Internet >>user sends an email msg to any (or all) of the three addresses below: >> >> [log in to unmask] >> [log in to unmask] >> [log in to unmask] >> >>Doesn't matter what the msg contains; it could be an empty msg, full of >>invisible holiday spirit. Pick your favorite and send email there a few >>times. If *everyone* on the net were to BCC all three addresses with every >>msg they posted to a list for one day, the counter would top out almost >>instantly, so this is like a weird and wonderful test of Mass Human Kindness. >> >>You can do your part to help big fat international corporations make >>good on their Promises of donations to charities. It only takes 250,000 >>msgs to reach the $25,000 Sun promised to donate to a Bay Area food bank >>for homeless families. Other corporations are donating to selected causes, >>including a banking firm in Washington DC that will donate up to $5,000 to >>the Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage (only 50,000 msgs...li'l baby >>birdies...furry baby rabbits... c'MON now! :) >> >>Other corporations are participating too: any firms wishing to add matching >>funds should contact Luther Brown at <[log in to unmask]>. The >>announcement's in the Dec 94 Advanced Systems magazine (pg 22). Who knows, >>someday you might see companies all across the globe donating part of their >>obscene profits to children's charities in Sarajevo, San Francisco, Manila, >>Mogadishu, Bombay, Moscow, Port-au-Prince, Bucharest, Shanghai, Rio de >>Janeiro... everywhere Santa stops in. >> >>Remember: any user can send multiple msgs, so please be counted at least >>_once_, OK? There are not many such opportunities to directly affect >>something with your computer, and it doesn't take the Compassion of >>Siddhartha to see what's good about putting food in the mouths of little >>children with no home, wherever they are. >> >> "So this is Christmas, >> And what have you done?..." >> -John Lennon >> __________________________________________________ Joe Cain Associate Editor, Special Publications National Science Teachers Association 1840 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 22201-3000 (703) 312-9211 voice (703) 243-7177 fax1 (703) 522-6193 fax2 "The danger of knowledge is not as great as the danger of ignorance." -- Isaac Asimov (and others too)