> For me, the constant status reports from list members about
this virus are
> generating more traffic than the actual virus.

oh, my god!!! how insidious!!  how fiendishly clever!!!

a virus that attacks the traffic on mailing lists, without
actually doing anything virus-like!!
simply the mere mention or sighting of the supposed virus is
enough to clog the
mailing lists!!!!

i christen this type of virus The Chicken Little Viral Reaction
(CLVR). ;)

unca joel
(it's Frydaye somewhere already, right?) :)