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A couple of folks have asked if we have done or will do a mass mailing about the Beagle / Bagle storm. Thus far we have not. I guess our feeling is it is hard to combat a mass mailing with a mass mailing. It could lead to even more confusion. Our help desk phones are quite busy already. Computer support folks in departments could help if you have channels for reaching your faculty, staff, or students. ____ The mail team is now blocking mail from sending addresses known to be bogus and used by the worm: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] ____ In the past, we talked at NAG about the idea of an official repository for all mass e-mailings MSU (e.g. memos to all students or to deans, directors, and chairs). This most recent storm may cause us to revisit that idea. One thought would be to put the bulk of each official message up on a Web repository (officialnotices.msu.edu? ANGEL? other?) and send the target audience an introductory paragraph and a hyperlink. A single, well-known, trusted and invariant Web address would allow people to quickly know whether a mass mailing was bogus or real. Thoughts? /rich