It is not obvious whether the reply will go to the original sender of the message, or to the whole list. As stated above, be careful with attached files. Chain letters, SPAM, and virus hoaxes are notorious for bogging down mail servers and requiring uncountable hours sorting through unsolicited e-mail. They cause serious headaches for mail administrators and recipients. As a result, we could not send mail to anyone on AOL for about a week until the mess was straightened out.
Virus hoaxes are a very clever form of self-replicating concepts.
Here the virus is the idea, and the host is not the computer, but the user who blindly forwards the warning to all their friends without verifying the facts. There are plenty of hoax reporting sites on the web where one can check out these stories. Please call the Help Desk. We have the resources to verify the existence and, if necessary, take appropriate action. Please see the Training Home Page for more information on registering for these courses.