The World of Grandpa Don

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"School project"

I fell for it!

I fell for it and I tried to drag you into it. So if you haven't responded to "School project", DON'T. 

I keep preaching against chain mail of any kind and then I get caught myself. 

This is part of a message that I received today: 

Comments: Neither an original idea nor a particularly good one. In the eyes of system administrators, chain letters like this are no different than spam. The terms of service of most ISPs prohibit them. 

Teachers have been instigating "class project" chain letters of this ilk for the past several years, often coming to regret it when their email accounts are overwhelmed with responses, if not canceled, within a very short period of time. 

The Internet can be a wonderful tool for education, but this is probably one of the least advisable ways to make use of it. 



Original message 
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Hi, my name is (deleted). I am in 2nd grade at (deleted). I doing a Project for the District Science Fair to be held on February 7th. I am trying to see how long and how fast it takes e-mail to travel around the world in 3 weeks. I will be keeping track of how many e-mails I get back and from what towns, states and countries they are coming from. I am hoping you will help me with my project. 

There are only 2 simple steps that will help me to track this e-mail: 

1. Please send an e-mail to the following address: (deleted) . In the subject area of the email please include your town, state and country. You do not need to include your name. Please respond only one time. 

2. Please forward this e-mail to everyone on your mailing list. I will be keeping track of how many responses I get, as well as the locations they are coming from. Therefore, send them even to people in the same town. With my project I am trying to show how fast and how far information can travel on the internet in a 3 week period. If you receive this e-mail after February 1, 2004, please disregard it, since my project will be finished. 

Thank you very much for helping me! 
(Name deleted)