virus hoaxes

[Bob Wier]

>if ten people point out that a "virus" is a hoax than it does if one person
>mistakenly gives a virus alert! Just food for thought...

Yes - an argument can be made for this. What I do on my lists (which I
closely supervise) is to tell subscribers NOT to post without checking
with me first, and NOT to inform anyone that they have posted a bogus
alert - as listowner I'll also take care of that. In addition, a note
is auto-generated to the list every two weeks or so cautioning subscribers
about hoaxes, over-quoting, etc. This is a pretty "hands-on" sort of
supervision, though.

THANKS

              Bob Wier
     mailto:wier at calcite.rocky.edu
   12:44 PM Wednesday, March 10, 1999
        Unix/Internet Administrator
   Rocky Mountain College, Billings MT.
 keeper of the Photo-3d and Overland-Trails
mailing lists and the USA GPS Waypoint server

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