[Air-l] Fwd: FW: Eighth Grade Science Project

[George(s) Lessard]

The last time I heard of a project like this...
the recipient e-mail servers were so over loaded the crashed...
Smart to make them Yahoo's and not the school's servers

On 26 Feb 2003 at 8:57, jeremy hunsinger wrote:

>>
there is nothing like starting internet research early, respond as 
suggested as per your own judgment.

>> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003
>> Subject: Eighth Grade Science Project
>>
>> Hi, this is from Josh Walker and Aaron Skinner.  We are 8th 
grade 
>> students
>> at Sweetwater Jr. High in Sweetwater, TN.  We are working on a 
>> project for
>> our 2003 Science Fair.
>>
>> We are trying to see where, and how fast e-mail can travel in a 
>> period of
>> ten days.  We are keeping track of how much e-mail we get back, 
and 
>> from
>> what cities, states, and  countries they originate. We are hoping 
>> that you
>> will be willing to help us with our project!
>>
>> There are only two simple steps that will help us to track this 
email:
>>
>> 1.. Please send an e-mail to the following address:
>> joshaaron_scienceproject at yahoo.com
>>
>> In the subject line of  the e-mail please include just your city, 
>> state, and
>> country.  Please do not include your name, and do not write 
anything 
>> in the
>> body of the e-mail  (We won't have time to
>> read them all).  Please respond only one time.
>>
>> 2. Then, please forward this e-mail to everyone on your mailing 
list. 
>>  I
>> will be keeping track of the number of responses, as well as the 
>> locations.
>> Therefore, send them even to people in your same town. In our 
science
>> project, we are trying to demonstrate how fast and how far
>> information can travel on the Internet in a ten-day period.
>>
>> If you receive this e-mail after February 28, 2003 please 
disregard 
>> it,
>> since the project will be over.
>>
>> Thank you VERY much for your help!
>> Josh Walker & Aaron Skinner
>>
>> Frederica L. Baldwin, Ph.D.
>> (310) 399-0804 / (909)677-7633
>> FAX: (310) 399-8016
>>
>>
>> Laura Wigley Smith
>> Durham, NC
>>
>>
>>


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