"~BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
news:j8e9vb$ni0$2@dont-email.me...
> FromTheRafters wrote:
>> "~BD~"<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
>> news:j8dpno$mq3$1@dont-email.me...
>>> FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>> "David H. Lipman"<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
>>>> news:j8cv6c0nsq@news6.newsguy.com...
>>> [....]
>>>
>>> no more.
>>>>>
>>>>> Another site, that replaced the CIAC, is http://www.hoaxbusters.org/
>>>>
>>>> Very good!!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Agreed! :-)
>>>
>>> That led me on to here! http://www.hoaxbusters.org/hoax4.html
>>>
>>> Does the final advice hold good for Usenet groups too?!!
>>
>> Sort of, but a lot has to do with the unsolicited nature of such links
>> when foisted upon you in an e-mail.
>>
>> Otherwise, a link is a link is a link ...
>>
>>
>
> *ALL* the links on Usenet are effectively unsolicited - but (and I'm guessing
> now!) I expect you clicked on the one I posted! :-)

Of course, I have nothing to fear from links. That one's content is
hopelessly outdated; should be in a museum next to the Rosetta
Stone.