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From Betty B===
You seem to know more about computors than anyone that I 
know and I don't like sending chain letters but will this really 
work?
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Here is a copy of an email message I received from a friend. 
It might help you protect your Address Book. 

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK! 
I learned a computer trick today that's really ingenious in its 
simplicity. As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into 
your computer it heads straight for your email address book
blah, blah, blah...
In the window where you would type your friend's first name, 
type in "A". For the screen name or email address, type 
"AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA". Blah, blah, blah....
If everybody you know does this then you need not ever worry
about opening mail from friends. 
Pass this on to all your friends.
Do you Yahoo!?
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Betty B ===

Dear Betty
Silly stuff like that is a complete waste of time. 
How would the mail program know that ".AAA" is not one of 
those wacky new hillbilly domains that the spammers are 
advertising, like ".new", ".inf", ".kid", ".prn", ".boz",  etc.?

There is NO substitute for a proper anti-virus program. 

Whenever you read "Pass this on to all your friends.", then 
you KNOW it is just some prankster testing your gullibility, 
and harvesting addresses. After all, if you fall for THAT hoax, 
then there is no limit to what kind of silly stuff can be sold to 
you.




Have FUN
DearWebby