IMO, snopes.com is *the* place to go and check whatever out before
wasting any bandwidth (and others' time) forwarding, asking about or
opining about a hoax spam. Use it early and often.
For more info about detecting, reporting and avoiding spam of all
kinds, go to google.com and enter the words [spam resources] (without
the brackets!) in the search field. You'll get links to numerous
useful and informative sites.
Sadly, these days almost every unsolicited message one receives by
e-mail is spam of some kind (hoax, scam, worm/virus attack if there's
an attachment, or just plain spam).
Another quick tip: never, never *ever* send mail to an address or
click on a web link that claims to be provided for getting off the
spammer's mailing list. That's how they know they've got a "live one."
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John Schinnerer, MA
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john@eco-living.net http://eco-living.net
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John Schinnerer, 10/24/2001