Klarinet Archive - Posting 000552.txt from 1996/12

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: ANOTHER VIRUS - PLS READ IMMEDIATELY (fwd)
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 19:01:59 -0500

On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Yossi Itzkovich wrote:

> If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS!
> please delete it WITHOUT reading it. Below is a

This is yet another hoax. Will there never be an end to these bogus
warnings?

Every day when I log on to my e-mail system, I read the following message,
which has been placed on the login page by our system administrator:

Computer viruses cannot be circulated by viewing E-mail.
Do not forward warnings about such viruses.

It seems like good advice for all of us. Every time one of these
unnecessary warnings is sent, at least a dozen other "newbies" will
immediately forward it to still more people. _This_ is what causes these
bogus warnings to multiply.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu