Please disregard previous message.

I have been informed from serveral sources that an e-mail virus is not possible.

Sorry!

--- On Wed, 26 Mar 97 10:11:08  mdstockr <mdstockr@neo.lrun.com> wrote:

>An alert has been posted by IBM regarding a possible e-mail virus on the Internet.
>
>The virus is being transmitted using an e-mail message titled "PENPAL GREETINGS!".
>
>If you receive such a message, DO NOT OPEN!
>
>The text of the message asks if you are interested in being a penpal.  While you are 
reading 
>the message, a "trojan horse" virus will be infecting your hard drive's boot sector.  Also, 

>once the message is opened, it will automatically forward itself the anyone listed in your 
>e-mail.
>
>Again, if you receive a message titled PENPAL GREETINGS!, delete this message without 
>opening it.
>
>
>COMMENT:  I have received this information through my wife's company's
>          corporate IMS department.  This information is 3rd or 4th
>          hand, so I do not know how valid it is.  This is simply
>          meant to be a word of caution and not to create a panic.  I
>          have no idea how transmitting viruses via e-mail would work,
>          or if it would work.
>
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  Michael Stocker <mdstockr@neo.lrun.com>   
  North Canton, Ohio, USA
  3/26/97 11:31:49 AM EST
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