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Hi Bill and All, Thankyou Bill! This is a VERY comprehensive resource.... On 2 Jun 2001, at 9:33, William A. Parrette wrote: (in part) Please, Please, PLEASE ... save one or more of the following URLs in your bookmarks. And, if you get sent an unsolicited e-mail from someone who is making a claim that even remotely smells fishy, please check it out before forwarding it to everyone you know and every mailing list you belong to. Chances are, ... well, whatever -- here's my list of bookmarks on this topic: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The AFU & Urban Legends Archive: http://www.urbanlegends.com/ Archive of Urban Legends, Myths and Netlore http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/blbyolix.htm Break the Chain: Stop Junk E-Mail and Misinformation http://www.breakthechain.org/ CIAC Internet Hoaxes http://HoaxBusters.ciac.org/ Guide to Hoaxes and Urban Legends -- Drew University http://www.depts.drew.edu/pubrel/webmaster/guides/hoaxes/index.html The Hoaxkill service: Let's get rid of hoaxes now! http://www.hoaxkill.com/index2.shtml Hoax Warnings http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm Internet ScamBusters http://www.scambusters.org/ I swear it's all true! CNET's favorite Net hoaxes - Tech Trends - CNET.com http://aolsvccomp.cnet.com/specialreports/0-6014-7-1427917.html McAfee - AVERT http://vil.nai.com/VIL/hoaxes.asp Stiller Research Virus Hoax News http://www.stiller.com/hoaxes.htm Symantec Security Updates - Hoax Page http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html Trend Micro Hoax Encyclopedia, alerts http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax.asp Truth About Computer Virus Myths & Hoaxes http://www.Vmyths.com/ Urban Legends Reference Pages http://www.snopes.com/ Urban Myths, Legends, Folklore, Fairy Tales, & Urban Mythsteries http://www.urbanmyths.com/ Virus Hoaxes, Urban Legends and Chain Letters http://lostparadise.com/hoaxes.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- SNIP Bill, I will add one note.... (I looked at a few of these, 'n besides hoaxes, some of these sites have Tips on E-Mail.... not to mention other interesting reading....) Thanks again Bill.... Cheers .......... murray ******** [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn