At 09:55 25/01/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi World -
>
>You'll have received a message which has been sent to the list,
>wanting folk to forward it to hundreds of folk on the Internet. This
>message is a hoax, and is an attempt to swamp the Internet, by
>clogging up the system with junk mail - for those who have recently
>joined PHYSIO, these chain letters do the rounds periodically. Don't
>respond to these messages. Also look out for messages called Good
>Times and Deyenda, which claim to have viruses attached, which will
>contaminate your entire system. Check out the US Department of
>Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability at:
>http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACChainLetters.html and
>http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
>which give full details of all these hoaxes.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Heather
>
>
>
>Heather Upfield, List-owner PHYSIO Mailbase
>Dept Physiotherapy, Queen Margaret College
>Edinburgh EH6 8HF, Scotland, UK
>email: [log in to unmask] OR
>email: [log in to unmask]
>Phone:+44 (0) 131 317 3641 Fax:+44 (0) 131 317 3815
>
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Thanks for that information, Heather. Sorry if my passing on the email
caused any problems. I guess I haven't reached the necessary level of
cynicism to deal with cyberspace adequately, yet. I'll pass your information
back to the person who sent to me.
Regards
>
>
Owen Allen
Atherton Hospital
P.O. Box 183
Atherton 4883
Ph: 07 40910261
F: 07 40913502
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