Short answer. yes, it will work. You can also commence with a . or two (period or dot sign). BTW, this is old hat. :-)
/rhc Aaron Laudi's e-mail of 17 October 2001 13:40 stated: >Does this make sense to you guys? One of my users sent it to me. It sounds >good in theory. > > >------------------------------------------------------ > >Subject: Good Idea > >I received a computer trick today that's really ingenious in its simplicity. >As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your computer it heads >straight for your email address book and sends itself to everyone in there, >thus infecting all your friends and associates. This trick won't keep the >virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it from using your >address book to spread further, and it will alert you to the fact that the >worm has gotten into your system. > >Here's what you do: first, open your address book and click on "new contact" >just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of email >addresses. In the window where you would type your friend's first name, type >in !000 (that's an exclamation mark followed by 3 zeros). In the window >below where it prompts you to enter the new email address, type in >WormAlert. Then complete everything by clicking add, enter, ok, etc. > >Now, here's what you've done and why it works: the "name" !000 will be >placed at the top of your address book as entry #1. This will be where the >worm will start in an effort to send itself to all your friends. But when it >tries to send itself to !000, it will be undeliverable because of the phony >email address you entered (WormAlert). If the first attempt fails (which it >will because of the phony address), the worm goes no further and your >friends will not be infected. > >Here's the second great advantage of this method: if an email cannot be >delivered, you will be notified of this in your InBox almost immediately. >Hence, if you ever get an email telling you that an email addressed to >WormAlert could not be delivered, you know right away that you have the worm >virus in your system. You can then take steps to get rid of it! > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------- > > >aaron laudi >webcast technician -- stylus strategic communication >e [EMAIL PROTECTED] >t 514-288-8613 > > -- Richard H. Cotterell <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Two quotable quotes: By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest. -Confucius, philosopher and teacher (c. 551-478 BC) I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. -Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)
