Re: E-Mail Virus Alert

Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Tue, 17 Sep 1996 05:35:01 -0500

At 4:36 AM -0500 9/17/96, DebsGaunt@aol.com wrote:
>I have been informed by AOL that this message is a hoax. It has been
>circulating on aol for about 6 weeks.
>
>Debs Gaunt@aol.com

In fact, this is a hoax that has been perpetuated and revived
intermittently for a period of at least two years; I get the impression
that it thrives anew in every new crop of internet novices.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University
One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, USA 63130
(314) 935-4018
cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu OR cwc@oui.com
WWW: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/