http://www.macnn.com/articles/01/12/07/excite.transitioning/
Excite transitioning to new management?
updated 08:25 pm EST, Fri December 7, 2001
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Ian Struckhoff has provided MacNN with the transcript of an email he received from Excite today:
Excite is transitioning to new management.If you want to keep your free excite.com email account and personalized Excite settings (stock portfolio, classified listings, Chat profile, etc.), all you need to do is click Yes! below. This will give us permission to transfer your membership information to the NEW Excite. Please transfer my Excite settings and excite.com email account to the NEW Excite. [Activation address provided]
We appreciate your prompt response, and look forward to your continued membership with Excite.
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Danger, Will Robinson!
This "message" has the pretty strong stank of SCAM wafting from it.
Let me get this straight: Excite (as opposed to Excite@Home) is going to completely shut down and start up as some other venture, and NOBODY knew about this till the users get contacted? h***, even AOL puts out a press release (even when they raise rates)!
Nope, this one doesn't smell right.