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To: Joe S Pack who wrote (25512)	7/12/1999 12:15:00 PM
From: Midtown eBoy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

I don't think this is true.

To: Joe S Pack who wrote (25512)	7/12/1999 12:20:00 PM
From: Steve Lamont	Respond to of 41369

I don't this this is true either.. I saw almost the exact same type of message relating to the canadian goverment over 6 months ago.. I'm sure it's a hoax. Actually here is a newpaper article debuking the canadian version: canoe.ca Wednesday, April 21, 1999 Cyberspace tax e-mail is nothing but a hoax By IAN HARVEY -- Toronto Sun Netizens! Put down your weapons. For the past week Canadian Internet users have been circulating an e-mail warning of yet another dastardly government plot to introduce a tax into cyberspace. Under the apparent auspices of a Toronto law firm it warns, "The Government of Canada is attempting to quietly push through legislation that will affect your use of the Internet. Under proposed legislation Canada Post will be attempting to bill e-mail users out of alternate postage fees." It cites a bogus Bill 602P and Richard Stepp QC of Toronto as the white knight working to save us from a tax that could add $180 a year to the average Netizen's costs. It's all rather noble, except for one thing. There is no truth to it. Any of it. There no Richard Stepp, no Bill 602P, no committee, no proposal driven by Canada Post. It's a hoax. A pretty good one, but a hoax nonetheless. And a gag which fooled some pretty high-profile people, among them corporate public relations people and some journalists who were busily checking facts for a page one story. The big hole in the story, of course, is that anyone wanting to avoid the tax could simply set up a free mail account with an American site such as Hotmail. But it was good try, whoever you are. Take a bow.

To: Joe S Pack who wrote (25512)	7/12/1999 12:26:00 PM
From: James Fulop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

(ot) I think I have seen that a couple of times in the last two years... each time somebody picks it up thinking it is current, and the scare starts all over again.

To: Joe S Pack who wrote (25512)	7/12/1999 1:06:00 PM
From: JB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

<<<<<Subject: Legislation that will affect your use of the Internet' Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and continue using email: >>>> This thing made the rounds several times over the last 4-6 months, I think its mostly misinformation. JB