On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Horn, John wrote:
> > From: Marc Erickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > Classmates of mine call me Urban Legend - because I actualyy
> > check the hoax
> > sites to see if they're real or not before passing it alomg...
> >
> My solution to this dilemna was to check out the hoax on the Urban
> Legend site and then do a reply to all to tell everyone that it was a
> urban legend/hoax. It really pissed off my sister-in-law, but you
> know what? She doesn't include me on her forward list anymore...
That's what I do when my aunt forwards me hoax virus warnings and I
include a URL. It hasn't stopped her from forwarding the darn things to
me, but at least I'm letting SOMEONE know when it's phony.
(Oddly enough, I haven't gotten any sort of warning from her for a *real*
virus....)
Julia
