This is a hoax I guess...

[Cyberus]

This was forwarded to me. I don't care either way, as I've never used hotmail and don't want to start. It does comcern me how quickly emails like this spread though...

>>>Dear Hotmail User,
>>>
>>>Because of the sudden rush of people signing up to
>>>
>>>Hotmail,it has come to our attention that we are vastly
>>>
>>>running
>>>
>>>out of resources. So, within a month's time, anyone who
>>>
>>>does not
>>>
>>>receive this email with the exact subject heading, will be
>>>
>>>deleted off our server.Please forward this email so that
>>>
>>>we know
>>>
>>>you are still using this account.
>>>
>>>WARNING WARNING
>>>
>>>We want to find out which users are actually using their
>>>
>>>Hotmail
>>>
>>>accounts. So if you are using your account, please pass
>>>
>>>this
>>>
>>>e-mail to every Hotmail user that you can and if you do
>>>
>>>not pass
>>>
>>>this letter to anyone we will delete your account.
>>>
>>>
>>>From Mr. Jon Henerd
>>>
>>>Hotmail Admin. Dept.
>>>
>>>
>>>Our hotmail system is getting to crowded!! We need you to forward
>>>this to at
>>>least 20 people. I know this seems like a large number, but we
>>>need to find
>>>out who is really using their account. If you do not send this to
>>>at least
>>>10 Hotmail members, we will delete your account. Sorry for this
>>>inconvenience.
>>>
>>>Sincerely, Director of Hotmail Services
>>>
>>>Aaron Lopez
>>>

[Karlos]

I can't understand how anybody could possibly fall for an email that first informs the reader their provider is running out of resources and then urges them to send this to at least 10 other users of said overstretched system :lol:

I mean, surely the above contradiction is glaringly obvious even before you even get to the fact that the providers would be more than capable of determining the usage statistics of all their members or the fact that accounts are suspended after a period of inactivity...

Anybody who earnestly forwards that message needs to be forbidden by law from ever going within 15 metres of a computer again!

[lorddef]

Yes, that looks like the biggest pile of wazz I've ever read.

[AmireX]

One more IQ test for email users. 10 stupid users have to send the mail to ten stupid friends the the wave is rolling ..  :lol:

[blobrana]

Here is a story i got sent from NASA....

NASA no longer remembers why it launched space probe

Purpose of decade-old space mission eludes scientists
NASA sent shockwaves through the scientific community today by acknowledging that it could no longer remember why it launched a space probe over a decade ago.

At the Johnson Space Center, spokesperson Harrison Froling said that NASA scientists were "working overtime" to try to remember why the space agency launched the Explorer 17b on May 17, 1995.

"We are confident that the Explorer 17b will expand our understanding of the solar system and the universe. We're just not sure how" - Mr. Harrison Froling

Red-faced NASA officials said the file containing the Explorer 17b's mission statement may have been mislaid during an office move several years ago, leading to the space agency's present confusion about the space probe's reason for being.
On Capitol Hill, congressional leaders demanded a fuller explanation of how NASA could have launched a multibillion-dollar space probe and not remember why they did it.

"According to the General Accounting Office, the Explorer 17b cost taxpayers over eight billion dollars. With that kind of money, we could invade Syria" - Tom DeLay (R-Texas), House Majority Leader.

At NASA, Mr. Froling said that the space agency was considering launching a new space probe, the Explorer 17c, that would dock with the Explorer 17b and determine what its mission was supposed to be.

"Our only hope is that by the time the Explorer 17c gets up there we will still remember why we launched it".

[KThunder]

oh boy
i have a tough time reading jokes about nasa. it is the only part of the us gov etc that i would voluntarily give money to (well maybe that and army (go army))
dont worry ill stop now i realize it was a joke and a hoax. :pissed: .... :-D

[melott]

Don't these posts belong in the Daily Growner section  :-D

[Doobrey]

Karlos wrote:
Anybody who earnestly forwards that message needs to be forbidden by law from ever going within 15 metres of a computer again!

Electrodes and rubber hose would be far more effective.
I'm sure I could come up with a small gizmo that'd automate the process by not allowing you to login to hotmail without the electrodes in place.

If you can train lab rats this way, I'm sure you could easily apply it to Windows users. :evilgrin:

[Mr_Capehill]

Okay, that was about as boring as those average "vaigra" ads flooding my box but check THIS out:

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