Checking on hoaxes

N. Gronert (ngronert@dcn.davis.ca.us)
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 17:23:56 -0800


Message-Id: <199703280105.RAA11047@wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 17:23:56 -0800
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
From: ngronert@dcn.davis.ca.us (N. Gronert)
Subject: Checking on hoaxes

Hello! There are several addresses you can check for hoaxes and viruses.
Penpal Greetings is a hoax and it's described, along with others at:

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

There's other information as well at http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/notes/

Nancy Gronert
ngronert@dcn.davis.ca.us

>Was this info Forwarded by Exploratorium staff? If not, who forwarded
>it? Does anyone else know about this? I'd like to make sure it's for
>real before I forward it to everyone I know.

>> TO ALL:
>> >>
>> >>PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL COMPUTER USERS IN YOUR PLACE OF WORK!!!!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> This information was received this morning from IBM, please share it
>> >>with anyone that might access the Internet:
>> >>
>> >> If anyone receives mail entitled; PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it
>> >> WITHOUT reading it!! This is a warning for all Internet users -
>> >> Please pass this along to everyone you know so this can be stopped.