--- Spencer Russell <slothlove@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12/20/05, R Parker <rtp405@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > We used to do the poor man's registration by > mailing > > evidence, songs on a cassette with lyrics, back to > > ourselves in a registered U.S. Postal package. > That's > > more affordable but inconvienant. > > I'm pretty sure that this doesn't actually work. I hate it when you are right and it appears you probably are: http://www.snopes.com/legal/postmark.asp which links to: http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html There's one legitimate angle to research. I'll look into it. ron You > can send an empty > envelope through the mail to yourself, and just keep > it around until > you need it. Then, to "prove" you wrote something, > just stick it in > the envelope and seal it. Then it looks like you > sent the material way > back whenever the envelope was postmarked. > > spencer > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com