NOTE: This message was originally in conference "INTERNET - E-MAIL AREA"
      and was copied here by Tom Mckeever.
From: Sondra Lucht 
To: Multiple recipients of list POLIO 
Date:         Tue, 9 Jan 1996 11:24:59 -0500
Subject:      mass mail
 
Friends,
 
  I am sure some of you already use MAILBOT, but others might also like to
know about the "mass" method for some congressional messages:
 
--MAILBOT. This is a unique service that will forward your message to ALL
members of the House or Senate that have E-Mail mailboxes. Just send your
message to HOUSE@MAILBOT.COM and/or SENATE@MAILBOT.COM, and your message will
be expanded and resent to all members of those specified houses as if you had
E-Mailed each and everyone of them yourself.
 
 A few provisos: -The Mailbot will reject any message larger than 5,000 bytes
(66 lines of 80 columns, or about one page). -Please limit usage of the
mailbot to no more than one message per 72 hour period (one each to HOUSE and
SENATE is ok).
 
-Abusive and obscene messages violate the purpose and spirit of this service
and WILL place the originator of such messages on a rejection list.
 
 -If you want to insure a response, include your name, address, city and
state.
 -You will get a reply message confirming the receipt of the message from
EACH member of Congress who receives it, so be ready for a HUGE wave of
e-mail. It is STRONGLY suggested that you creat a new screen name for this
purpose only. That way your regular e-mail stream will not be OVERWHELMED by
the hundreds of automatic responses you will receive. This way you can
quickly and cheaply delete the responses en masse (they will not be
personalized) or ignore them until the system administrator deletes them for
you.
 
 -And, finally, realize that at the present time most members of Congress do
*not* have e-mail, so you will still need to call your own representatives
and senators to make sure they get your message. -Questions about the Mailbot
can be sent to: Mailbot@Mailbot.Com
 
Happy Mailbotting, Sondra
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