Don't send mail to houghton mifflin!

[Emma Kolstad Antunes <emma@clark.net>]

I'm forwarding this warning not to send mail to houghton mifflin,
since the request to send mail there was also sent to this list.

Obviously, some management type didn't know what they were getting 
into...  Please pass it along.

Thanks!

Emma

Forwarded message:
> Date:         Fri, 13 Dec 1996 15:15:45 -0400
> From: Michelle Tracey <mtracey@ELPRESS.COM>
> Subject:      Re: Holiday Kids
> 
> This came on another mailing list!
> If you haven't done it already, please don't do it OK?
> ------------------------------------
> PLEASE do not send mail to share@hmco.com.  It was an admittedly horrible
> idea, and Houghton Mifflin is paying dearly as a result.  I spoke with one
> of their admins this morning and their T1 is saturated, mail gateways and
> servers tanking, and your message goes to /dev/null if it eventually makes
> it through.
>           Needless to say, they are trying their best to ride out the storm
>           and we
>           can help by spreading the word that the promotion is no longer
>           running.
>           -r
>           Roderick Murchison, Jr.                    email:murchiso@vivid.
>           newbridge.com
>           Product Manager - VIVID ACS               office:703.736.5930
>           Newbridge Networks Inc.                      fax:703.736.5959
>           Herndon, VA 20170-5241                      http://www.vivid.
>           newbridge.com
>           On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, BARRY MASER wrote:
>           >
>           >
>           >  ----------
>           > From:  Rani Flynn[SMTP:rflynn@nareit.com]
>           > Sent:  Wednesday, December 11, 1996 2:12 PM
>           > To:  David; Matthew_Dembski_; Lorena Nicholson; Diane L. Wade
>           > Subject:  [Fwd: Fwd: Donation of books]
>           >
>           >
>           > It just takes a minute to make a difference to a child....
>           >
>           >
>           > >X-Sender: ckaempff@www.realpage.com
>           > >To: jmartin@nareit.com,skarpick@nareit.com,lvanlonk@nareit.
>           com,
>           > > kwhite@nareit.com,rflynn@nareit.com
>           > >From: Cathy Kaempffer <ckaempff@nareit.com>
>           > >Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: Donation of books]
>           > >Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:00:40 -0500
>           > >
>           > >Another way to help kids during the holidays:
>           > >
>           > >>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:48:23 -0500
>           > >>X-Sender: mkw@milo.rbnet.com
>           > >>To: share@hmco.com, ckaempff@nareit.com, benjamin@ali-inc.
>           com,
>           > >>        egrant@acc.roanoke.edu, kgardner@acc.roanoke.edu,
>           > >>        bayersdorfer@acc.roanoke.edu
>           > >>From: Mary Katharine Whitlock <mkw@rbnet.com>
>           > >>Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: Donation of books]
>           > >>
>           > >>
>           > >>>>>simply by sending an email to houghton mifflin (you
>           remember, your
>           > favorite
>           > >>>>>textbook company) you can give a kid a book. please pass
>           this on to
>           > as
>           > many
>           > >>>>>people as you know.
>           > >>>>>
>           > >>>>>========================
>           > >>>>>
>           > >>>>>>>Friends,
>           > >>>>>>>
>           > >>>>>>
>           >----------------------------------------------------------------
>           ---
>           >  ----
>           > >>-----
>           > >>>>>>>Make some kids happy this Christmas with the joy of
>           reading.
>           > >>>>>>>
>           > >>>>>>>
>           > >>>>>>> PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO AS MANY POSSIBLE PEOPLE AS YOU
>           CAN :)
>           > >>>>>>> *******************************************************
>           *****
>           > >>>>>>>
>           > >>>>>>>Houghton Mifflin Interactive is sponsoring the Polar
>           Bear Express
>           > Share
>           > >>>>>>>the Spirit Campaign.  For every 25 e-mail messages they
>           receive,
>           > HMI
>           > will
>           > >>>>>>>donate a copy of The Polar Bear Express or another
>           Children's book
>           > to a
>           > >>>>>>>children's Hospital.  The goal this year is to receive
>           50,000
>           > messages,
>           > >>>>>>>and thereby give away 2,000 books.  Send an e-mail to:
>  
>           > share@hmco.com
>           > and
>           > >>>>>>>tell your pals to do the same.  Have a Happy Holiday.
>           > >>>>>>>
>           > >>>>>>> This is any easy way to help out this Christmas.
>           > >>>>>>>
>           > >>>>>>>
>           > >>>>>>>Peace,  Rick
>           > >>>>>>>Richard L. Koca, Sr.,
>           > >>>>>>>Founder & National Executive Director, StandUp For Kids
>           > >>>>>>>(A national nonprofit, all volunteer program for
>           homeless and
>           > street
>           > kids)
>           > >>>>>>>National Headquarters - Denver, Colorado
>           > >>>>>>>1111 Osage St., Denver, CO 80204
>           > >>>>>>>
>           > >>>>>>>Business:  303-892-8328 FAX:    303-671-2845
>           > >>>>>>>Home:  303-745-7277     E-Mail: rickkoca@earthlink.net
>           > >>>>>>>
>           > >>>>>>
>           > >>>>>
>           > >>>>>
>           > >>>>
>           > >>>>
>           > >>>>
>           > >>>___________________
>           > >>>Carrie P. Kirk
>           > >>>Development Associate
>           > >>>Virginia Tech University Development
>           > >>>201 Pack Building
>           > >>>Blacksburg, VA  24061
>           > >>>540-231-2862   540-231-2802 (fax)
>           > >>>
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