Amen to the below.  One other suggestion--ask the computer people at your
institution or online service when you get a virus alert before posting
it to the list.  I find that the computer team at my institution has
always heard about these hoaxes long before, and if not, they'll know where
to check them out quickly.

--Helen Glazer
Exhibitions Director
Goucher College
Baltimore, MD USA
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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Paul Silbermann wrote:

> You know, the last the "Good Times" warnings made their way about the
> list I'm, I posted an idea about how to handle these things - of course
> I may have missed this list, so here goes -
>
>   1) Well-intentioned person posts virus warning.
>   2) Everyone on list keeps grubby fingers OFF THE KEYBOARD
>   3) List Owner looks into virus alert (if necessary) and posts "hoax,"
> "real warning," or "don't know" as appropriate.
>   4) For "hoax" or "real warning," we all get on with our lives. For
> "don't know" all the know-it-alls can blather happily.
>
> This way, if there's a real alert we'll all know about and if there's a
> hoax we don't have our mailboxes cluttered with things like "tk's" bile.
>
> Can we move on now, please?
>
> Paul
>
> Paul Silbermann                  National Air and Space Museum
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