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chain letters

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chain letters
at height in 1930s, craze crippled postal service. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 97–104]
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An original and popular addition to any school or community library picturebook collection, Chain Letter is very highly recommended--especially for all young readers who might one day encounter one of these seemingly endless chain letters.
Chain Letter by Children's Bookwatch
STEP 8: Don't forward chain letters, petitions or virus warnings from sources you don't trust.
CAN SPAM: techniques to filter out unwanted e-mail by Neal, Catherine S. / Journal of Accountancy
The hoax is essentially a variant on the chain letter, one of the original abuses of e-mail The harm in hoaxes and chain letters is nominally that they take up storage space and waste users' time, but the more serious damage is that they erode the vigilance and good practices of those who receive them.
A web of fraud: viruses and worms were just the start. Make way for ... by Warger, Tom / University Business
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