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  Chainmail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mail can generally be punctured by a spear or shorn by the blow from a heavy axe or sword (although riveted chainmail is much stronger), and its flexibility means that its wearer is still vulnerable to blunt weapons.
Mail was invented some time in the mid 1st millennium BC, but it is unknown where and by whom it was first used.
A mail fringe, designed by Captain Cruise of the British Infantry, was added to helmets to protect the face but this proved unpopular with soldiers, in spite of being proven to defend against a three-ounce shrapnel round fired at a distance of one hundred yards (92.3m).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chain_mail   (1005 words)

  
 Regia Anglorum - Arms and Armour of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age - Mail Armour
Mail of the period was made by cutting thin strips of iron from a piece of sheet, or drawing iron wire through a draw-plate, and winding this around a cylindrical former.
Gambesons were usually worn under mail (perhaps even attached to it) and would tend to be a similar outline to the mailshirt, although it is possible they could have been worn on their own by poorer warriors.
Mail coifs, or 'healsbeorgs', were worn from the ninth century and tended to cover the top and back of the head, the cheeks, chin, neck and perhaps some of the shoulders.
www.regia.org /Mail.htm   (1101 words)

  
 Chain E-Mail
Chain e-mail is defined as any message sent to one or more people that asks the recipient to forward it to multiple others and contains some promise of reward for forwarding it or threat of punishment for not doing so.
Chain e-mail messages have the same content as chain letters but are sent through e-mail networks rather than the U.S. Mail.
One of the problems posed by chain messages is that the ever-expanding number of messages, with their ever-expanding headers, have the ability to clog a network, particularly one that is low-speed or has limited gateway ability.
www.umich.edu /~policies/chain-mail.html   (932 words)

  
 Chain mail - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Chain Mail is any mail that asks you to send it to other people, including the instructions to send it along to other people.
Chain mail is one of the earliest methods of communication.
Chain mail is very popular among 10 year olds who are convinced that forwarding an email will make them get rich or laid.
www.uncyclopedia.org /uncyclopedia/index.php?title=Chain_mail   (588 words)

  
 Chain e-mail is against Cornell policy
Chain e-mail is against Cornell policy (and is a burden and a nuisance)
Chain mail can overload the e-mail system, and it overloads the human beings who run the system, Skoblick explained.
Most universities have policies prohibiting chain mail because it is a burden on the system and a nuisance to users.
www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/96/12.5.96/chain_e-mail.html   (1215 words)

  
 Chain Mail Shirt - CB Swords - Fantasy and Reproduction Swords and Sword Accessories - CB Swords
This high quality chain mail shirt has short sleeves, and though they do not look it in the picture, they stretch to end at your forearms so as to not interfere with your sword hand.
This chain mail shirt will fit up to a person 6' 6" not to exceed a 40" waist, it will also fit someone with a smaller frame as the chainmail will collapse on to any shape.
Please note that this chain mail shirt weighs over 25 pounds, and as such it is not meant for the physically weak.
www.cbswords.com /product_info.php/cPath/30/products_id/67   (236 words)

  
 Chain Letter Dilemma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
It seems obvious that a person who sent chain letters to five friends is less of a criminal than someone who sent out thousands of such letters.
A mailing of thousands of anything is a major undertaking, and a person doing this for illegal purposes IS a major operator.
With non-computer communications it is usually clear that you are mailing to another state or country, but with computer newsfeeds you may not be able to tell without a lot of work.
www.nd.edu /~rbarger/chain-cse.html   (829 words)

  
 Apprentice Armorer's Illustrated Handbook
Mail was available only to the gentry of the day, as its labor-intensive production made it prohibitively expensive to the common foot soldier.
Unfortunately, the weight of mail of the Teutonic nations versus that of the nomadic cavalry of the East was a great handicap to the freeing of the Holy Land.
Mail was, and still is, an expensive item, not because of its materials but because of the time required to assemble it.
realbeer.com /jjpalmer/HowtoChain.html   (2181 words)

  
 E-Mail Chain Letters - The Police Notebook
Just as we'd want to forward an urgent "virus alert" we'd just received to all our friends, when someone receives an e-mail message telling of a brave little girl, dying of cancer, who's last wish is to receive the most email messages in the world, they want to send it to their friends.
This limited the extent to which chain letters were passed on, because sending them involved a real, up front cost in time to type the letters and money for stamps.
Another problem with chain letters (however well-meaning) particularly on the Internet via e-mail, is that they can develop "a life of their own" completely separate from reality.
www.ou.edu /oupd/ichain.htm   (988 words)

  
 Internet Safety: E-mail safety - Chain e-mail
If you simply cannot bear not to forward a chain e-mail (and we understand that some people cannot ignore them), send it to us: chainmail@wiredsafety.org and we will deal with it for you.
No chain e-mails are legitimate, credible companies do not conduct their marketing in such a haphazard fashion.
Chain e-mails cannot bring you fortune or cause bad luck, they will not make you rich and you will never get that luxury holiday.
www.wiredsafety.org /safety/email_safety/chain_email.html   (1002 words)

  
 Paper Chain Letter Archive
Chain letters may be used to study social replication and abstract evolution.
Celebrity names are an exception since these may explain the appeal of a chain letter, nor should such a presence be considered as evidence that this person was actually involved with the letter.
Dating to the day is generally not used except for money chain letters in 1935, or to distinguish two similar letters mailed in the same year and month.
www.silcom.com /~barnowl/chain-letter/archive/!information.htm   (2422 words)

  
 Chain emails have netizens in a bind- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Ten days ago, she received an email from one of her friends telling her that the soul of a religious guru is waiting to be re-born and to make others aware of his arrival.
If she failed to do so, the mail threatened that her near and dear ones will suffer, her relationship will break and she will face a dark future.
The ‘chain email’ menace engulfing India and a populace that is steeped in religious tradition and prone to superstition, is facing a quandary as to how to deal with it.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/469226.cms   (477 words)

  
 NOC Chain Mail Guild   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Chain mail made its first appearance through the Romans into the holy lands, before the birth of Christ.
However, mail in a more primitive form was known as scale mail, existed even during the time of King David, I Samuel 17:38.
Chain mail can serve as a visual reminder of that warfare each believer faces and of God's armor in which He so lovingly and carefully has provided to His own.
www.nobleorder.org /chainmail.htm   (1030 words)

  
 You've Got Chain Mail!
This article shows a beginner how to make a sheet of chain mail which is attached as a curtain to the sides and back of a steel helmet.
The chain mail sheet is about 2 feet wide (80 rings) and 16 inches tall.
I did not measure the distance of the holes, but rather started with the middle of the sheet at the back of the helm, and held the chain mail sheet to the helmet to eyeball the next 3 or 4 holes.
www.io.com /~beckerdo/other/helm/Helm.html   (1530 words)

  
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By its very nature chain letters are dangerous because of the resources that it takes to stop its progression and the time it takes for each recipient to read and either destroy it or pass it along.
Chain letters are still sent by regular mail but with the advent of the computer, can travel much quicker and progress much greater by email.
As part of her dying wish, she wanted to start a chain letter to inform people of this condition and to send people the message to live life to the fullest and enjoy every moment, a chance that she will never have.
www.fraudbureau.com /articles/misc/article2.html   (1831 words)

  
 Chain Mail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Chain mail is any type of message which encourages you to forward it on to some number of other people.
If you received the mail from a member of the SVC community, we can remind the offending person of the school's Computer Use Policy, and if it continues we can remove their e-mail or network privileges.
Depending on the source of the chain mail, it might be possible to set up Pegasus mail to filter out messages from certain people or addresses.
www.svc.edu /FAQ/chain-mail.htm   (508 words)

  
 Chain Letters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Chain letter authors would be virus writers if they had even that tiny level of competence.
The first is quite simple; the sheer volume of mail generated by a successful chain letter clogs up mail servers and connections, slowing down the whole Internet.
A related tip: When forwarding jokes (which are NOT chain letters, because they benefit everyone that receives them and not just some geek) clear out all the email addresses on it before forwarding.
www.fergus-mason.com /chainletters.htm   (1951 words)

  
 Chain Mail
This letter bears all the classic hallmarks of a chain letter virus, a hoax, a scam spread by the cooperation of its victims.
If this virus-like mail thrives all the way out to recipient generation 15, which is hopefully not too likely, and only half the people are still ever responding, we've now generated over 12 million total pieces of mail.
If it's chain mail, and it asks you to forward to many other people, and the information in it is unverifiable even if interesting, then it's almost certainly a virus.
www.summitlake.com /COMMENTARY/Chain_Mail_Hoax.html   (2663 words)

  
 Medieval Chain Mail Armor - SCA bernie shirt
We have medieval chain mail armor, SCA armour, medieval battle weapons, shields, and wearable SCA helmets.
Our chain mail bernie (shirt or coat) and coif is made with the classic 4 through 1 link pattern perfected and used in the medieval maille.
Brief History - chain mail was first used around 700 AD where early Norman and Saxon armies protected themselves in combat with this prized commodity.
www.medieval-chain-mail-armor.com   (526 words)

  
 Untitled Normal Page
This doesn't mean that women in general create chain letters, but it does speak to the maturity (or lack thereof) of certain unspecified young girls.
Data is unavailable as to the gender of readers of chain letters, as being a man I have never actually read a chain mail, and could not therefore verify whether or not other men read chain mail letters.
As a scientist, I made a consciencious decision that because I have not observed ANY men reading chain mail letters, it would be therefore wrong to rule on the gender of chain mail readers.
www.angelfire.com /co2/nowhere/chain.html   (827 words)

  
 Nothing to Lose but Our Chains
That means you never again have to write "I'm not superstitious but..." on a chain letter and send it on; you never again have to worry that if you don't forward a chain letter Bad Things will happen to you.
There are three basic types of chain letters: those which promise/threaten good/bad luck; illegal pyramid-scheme letters that promise to make you lots of money; and hoaxes/urban legends.
The most interesting kind of hoax chain letter is the sort that tells readers to distribute it as widely as possible for some good cause.
kith.org /logos/things/chain.html   (1371 words)

  
 Email, Viruses, and Chain Mail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Chain mail refers to any message that is sent and resent over and over again.
Some considered chain mail "viruses" because they are replicated (sent to other people).
As with many chain messages, the time when it was valid has passed (the programs kept their funding), but because of the backlash over the message the students were reprimanded and one left the university a semester later.
www.depts.drew.edu /~acadtech/docs/internet/email/netscape/4.75/virus.htm   (1460 words)

  
 Korova Multimedia § e-v-mail
Like old-fashioned chain letters through the snail mail, chain e-mail asks (sometimes demands) that you forward copies to everyone else you know in order to get a reward; sometimes the reward is a "common good" ("let's use our voice to get this done").
Typical Chain e-mail often has a long "chain" of mail forwards on it, usually because no one even stops to think or remove mail headers before clicking the FORWARD button.
Mail servers are overloaded with multiple copies of redundant, incorrect information that does not contribute a business value; it's "spam" in the workplace.
korova.com /virus   (1892 words)

  
 EFF: EFF "Chain Letters" Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
"A chain letter is a "get rich quick" scheme that promises that your mail box will soon be stuffed full of cash if you decide to participate.
In every mail system, there is sooner or later a chain letter." Discussion of chain letters and pyramid schemes on the Web.
Chain letter promising good luck to those who continue the chain.
www.eff.org /Net_culture/Folklore/Chain_letters   (301 words)

  
 Chain Letters
There are a few new hoaxes that play upon the sympathy of people, and they are making their way around the world.
The first chain letter has the subject "MAY HEAVEN LET THE LIGHT SHINE DOWN ON YOU" and claims that it is the dying wish of a young boy to have a chin letter go around the world forever.
The second chain letter is in essence the same, but this time it is a little boy dying of cancer.
www.nonprofit.net /hoax/catalog/chain_letters/chain_letters.htm   (192 words)

  
 Jerry Penner, The Chain Mail Guy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
However you refer to it, articles created by the Chain Mail Guy are of the highest quality.
The TIA-100 from JP Creative is the best choice for knifemakers, chain mail knitters and jewellers who want repeatability in colour and don't want to pay thousands for a commercial anodizer.
Fourth, there are funky knits other than the European 4-in-1, like single and double-knit cable chain, foxtail, king chain, french rope, and the knit-3-drop-1 stitch.
www.chainmailguy.com   (1313 words)

  
 Electronic Chain Mail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The element that differentiates malicious chain letters from other hoaxes is that they target some e-mail address as a central collector of the chain.
Unlike postal mail, where you usually are requested to pass the message up or down a specified number of levels, e-mail makes it easy to include a carbon copy to additional parties.
In the case of the chain messages, there usually is a reference to a particular address that should be included in any further transmission.
www.microtech.doe.gov /assist/chain_letters.html   (1101 words)

  
 Chain Letter Evolution
Though some e-mail chains begin as digitizations of paper chain letters [e1994] or office humor items [e1995], their subsequent history in the electronic medium, and the chain e-mail genre as a whole, differ significantly from paper chain letters.
Chain letters as we know them were originally called "Endless chain letters" (NYT, 1906) to distinguish them from the then familiar self-terminating charity chains.
The Luck by Mail type also introduces "this is not a joke" and the qualification that you will receive your luck "by mail." These are now mainline universals, and we judge the latter to have been the innovation most responsible for the predominance of this type in the 1950's.
www.silcom.com /~barnowl/chain-letter/evolution.html   (14931 words)

  
 HOAXBUSTERS Home Page
Interspersed among the junk mail and spam that fills our Internet e-mail boxes are dire warnings about devastating new viruses, Trojans that eat the heart out of your system, and malicious software that can steal the computer right off your desk.
Sending a copy of a cute message to one or two friends is not a problem but sending an unconfirmed warning or plea to everyone you know with the request that they also send it to everyone they know simply adds to the clutter already filling our mailboxes.
If you receive any of this kind of mail, please don't pass it to everyone you know, either delete it or pass it to your computer security manager to validate.
hoaxbusters.ciac.org   (435 words)

  
 Bonsai Kitten - BreakTheChain.org
If you are the 500 person to sign this petition, please send a copy of the message to and start a new page for this petition from number 1 again.
Many versions of the chain letter claim the move to shut the site down is led or supported by the Humane Society of the U.S. The truth is quite the opposite.
When an address is provided (and various addresses have been attributed over the petition's lifespan), test messages bounce as undeliverable (not surprising, since most e-mail providers prohibit chain letters and e-petitions in their terms of service).
www.breakthechain.org /exclusives/bonsaikitten.html   (1215 words)

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