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To: Mark Fowler who wrote (67862)	7/15/1999 4:33:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164685

Glenn you trade to much the trading ranges here are to narrow when you buy a stock you should stick with it longer give it a chance...like today when you bought Ebay then sold that was pure impulse buying don't do this. btw, Ebay close on support today good sign... you'll never be able to buy directly on the bottom most of the time... Mark, I did not sell Ebay. I just stated I was not as comfortable as I woulfd have liked. My concerns are two fold. One is their technical problems and the other is I believe auctions will be more of a fad. I appreciate your advice but just wanted you to know I never sold EBAY. I did sell YHOO at 158 today but had written covered calls way back and kept all the premium except 1/4 point so that was a decent trade too. I am still a bit too gun shy for the financial reasons I explained in private mail some time ago. The added store is also an issue just until this fall. I take all the help I can get and with great appreciation. Thank you again as always. Glenn

To: Mark Fowler who wrote (67862)	7/15/1999 4:57:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164685

US Post Office introduces computer stamps By Michael Eskenazi LOS ANGELES, July 14 (Reuters) - Postal customers fed up with long lines will soon be able to buy stamps at the click of a mouse. In a bid to keep up with the Internet, the U.S. Postal Service is set to team up with E-Stamp, in which Microsoft <MSFT.O> owns about a 10 percent stake, and Stamps.com <STMP.O> to offer a computer-generated stamp. The software, which is expected to be offered nationwide by early fall, initially targets small businesses which often do large numbers of mailings but not enough to justify the purchase of postage meters. Post Office spokeswoman Pam Gibert told Reuters Wednesday the software eventually will be used by large corporations and individuals as well. Customers will buy a block of postage from the software company, say $100 worth. Along with a "stamp" image similar to that printed by a postage meter, a bar code also will be imprinted on the envelope indicating the user, serial number of the device that printed it, and amount of postage. Users must sign a licensing agreement, as would firms that purchase postage meters. Gibert said the bar-coding system is more secure than postage meters, which have become easier to counterfeit with color printers. Each parcel will be read by a scanner, which can immediately detect if a bar code has been duplicated. The programs work with virtually any black-and-white ink jet or laser jet printer and firms can alter the font of the stamp to fit in with their images. E-Stamp uses a hardware "vault" that plugs into the back of a computer and stores postage information. Purchases through Stamps.com are done online. E-stamp users can add credit to their vault through online electronic fund transfers from their bank accounts. E-Stamp will require a hardware and software purchase. Stamps.com, which made its stock market debut in June, will make its software available through a free Internet download. Both will charge a transaction fee of about 10 percent of the postage per parcel. The innovation will make trips to the post office virtually obsolete. The packages include "postage wizards" which tell users about the postal service's pricing plans and service times and other services.