Another couple of sites worth keeping in mind for educating users are:
www.snopes.com and www.vmyths.com Kurt |-----Original Message----- |From: E. Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 11:50 |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: RE: Scoring Hoaxes (HoaxAssassin) | | |And in this case, sending an auto-notification to sender would |actually |be helpful and community-building. :) | |We've got the technology... we could put a serious dent into the |circulation of annoying chain letters (although I'm rather partial to |"Internet Clean-Up Day"). | |It would be a slightly different idea than filtering spam, |since you're |not looking at tonnes of individual rules that may or may not make |something a hoax (although "Forward this to [0-9]+" would be a good |candidate)... it is, at least, an interesting thought. | |Evan II | | |-----Original Message----- |From: Mike Hogsett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:35 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: Scoring Hoaxes | |Yes and the HOAX report should include a relevant link, such as : | |http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBGiveAways.shtml#msaol | | - Mike |
