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CrazE-mail #23031
Back in the year 2000, I was hosting Squackle at Angelfire, which was/is a free web host. I got this e-mail and decided to have fun with them.
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>>>From: “Angelfire Staff” <staff@angelfire.com>
>>>Subject: Password check
>>>Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 20:21:08 -0700
To ensure that your site, http://www.angelfire.com/ca4/squackle , is maintained properly, we periodically request that the webmaster of each site verify his or her password with Angelfire. Please send your username, along with your password, to zoopx9@hotmail.com, my personal address, so that I can make sure everything is in order. We hope you continue to use Angelfire to host your webpages in the future.
Sincerely,
Karl
Angelfire staff
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>>>To: zoopx9@hotmail.com
>>>Subject: Re: Password check
>>>Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 08:13:59 PDT
hi! how are you! my password is: jungjung and my directory is biz/poopers
thank for making me safer on angelfire!
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>>>From: “Tim Groves” <zoopx9@hotmail.com>
>>>Subject: Re: Password check
>>>Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 12:04:02 PDT
Hello again. I received your e-mail containing the directory and password for your site at Angelfire. However, the information was inaccurate. Please verify that what you sent was correct and resend it. We appreciate your cooperation, and thank you for using Angelfire.
Sincerely,
Karl
Angelfire Staff
Joke #10661
Learning new computer skills can be a challenge. An office manager in my software training class, taking nothing for granted, jotted down every word I said.
During a break I peeked over his shoulder and read what he’d written… “New Computer Training–password is first name. Mine is ‘Bob’.”