Every now and then, a new message concerning ICQ is circulating on the ICQ network. Some of them are really funny, others are very creative (such as one we received: AIR, WATER, LOVE, AND ICQ SHOULD REMAIN FREE...), others, if you think about them for a second, make no sense at all - and are an insult to the wisdom of the receivers, and unfortunately some of them are sheer bad taste. Our old users have gotten used to it and simply ignore them. But since we have a huge inflow of new users, tens of thousands of new ones each day, there are always users which are being exposed to this phenomenon for the first time.

We would like to suggest to you, our new user, that when you get such a message think if it really makes sense. (it really doesn't make sense to think that we need to pass information by forwarding it from user to user, or to find that way how many users are connected to the system, or that any contributions or credits of brownie points, money, glass beads, hippos, cards, marbles, or other negotiable instruments are being made by anyone for passing messages). In case we have any announcement to make, we are going to post it on our site
Read more about how you can deal with it at ACLIO

Continue to enjoy ICQ and be ready for many more improvements and new innovative features which will be introduced in the very near future...

...So think twice before you hit the 'forward' button, and if you receive such a message, please send it back to the sender with the web address of this paragraph "http://www.mirabilis.com/index.html#Rumors".

...and if you still have an uncontrollable urge to forward a multiple message, we have a few suggestions for you.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Please Note: We never ask our users to send us ANY information or to forward any messages.