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From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
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Subject: Re: warning: scumbags using usenet for pyramid schemes
Summary: probably illegal on computers, just as it is through the mail
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Date: 20 Nov 89 04:07:55 GMT
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Reply-To: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
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Chain letters through the mail are most certainly illegal, but I've
never heard of a decision on electronic chain letters. I don't think any
court in the country accepts evidence from a computer; computer mail is
taken as speech, so that the evidence in court is about as reliable as
hearsay.

Still, I suspect there's enough here to successfully prosecute. Beware.

---Dan