Hi all --- Although I do not know the full details about whether or not Sun Microsystems is donating money to various charities, I did just read an article in the San Francisco Chronicle that confirms that a Web site does exist for children and adults alike called something like Santa's village and that there is a mechanism within this Web site (via forms) to send an email message to Santa. The article also commented that Sun was donating money to charities and that they were planning to donate a maximum of $25,000. Supposedly the amount they would donate would depend on the number of messages received via the email form on the Web site. I would be willing to give a more complete paraphrase of the article if people are interested. So, I do think that direct email (not through the Web) is not going to work, and that person who designed the hoax should get coal in his or her stocking. Kudos to Sun and other involved in the creation of what I understand is a very nice Web site and a very thoughtful idea. Cheers, Robert Guralnick | Museum of Paleontology | University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 | [log in to unmask] | (510) 642-9696