Subject: Internet Cleaning
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sun Apr 01 2001 - 06:27:20 EDT
"Internet Cleaning"
The annual Internet clean up campaign will take place
on the evening of Saturday, March 31st beginning at 9 pm
EST and continue until Sunday April 1st 9 pm EDT.
This annual event occurs to remove the trash that forms
on the Internet throughout the year. Without this annual
cleanup campaign the Internet would become so
overrun with trash that its ability to pass information
back and forth would become severely restricted.
All Internet users are advised to take the following
precautions to prevent damage or loss of information:
1) Back-up all "bookmarks" or "favorites"--these will be
essential to your ability to find your favorite sites once
the Internet has been cleaned.
2)Clean out your history folder on your Internet browser...
details can be found at the following website:
www.clean.your/browser/history/files.html
3) Clean our your history cache...details can be found
at the following website:
www.clean.your/browser/cache/files.html
4) AOL users should request form # 843.98.00 by using
keyword "Cleanup."
5) Prior to the shut down of the Internet at 9pm EST on
Friday March 31st all Internet users are advised to
disconnect their computers from their Internet access
lines (modem or cable connection)..inexperienced
users are requested to contact their ISP for information
on the disconnection procedure.
6) Remain off-line and disconnected from the Internet
until after 9 pm on Sunday April 1st.
7) Upon reconnecting to the Internet, direct your web
browser to the following website:
www.first/start/up/empty.html ... this should correct
all your bookmarks.
This annual campaign removes all outdated links, old
abandoned web pages, and extinct email addresses.
This frees up millions of gigabytes of space each year.
If people would learn to surf responsibly, without leaving
dead and outdated links, this annual campaign would
no longer be necessary.
John Gutzen, President of Free Old Outdated Links (FOOL),
the governing body of the cleanup campaign is quoted, "I
see the day when the campaign will no longer be required,
when no one is a newbie, and when every one follows
FOOL's philosophy. That day is a long way off, but I hope
to see it in my life time."
Please note: If you attempt to connect to the Internet
during the shut-down time, serious damage to your
computer and Internet connection could occur.
All users are advised to contact their ISP prior to Saturday,
March 31st 6:00pm EST in the event that they do not
understand any of the above.
This notice was prepared by Free Old Outdated Links
(Fool) and space was provided free of charge in this
Internet publication through a joint Internet community effort.
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