Oh yes Joe, I received a similar message a fortnight ago, from a person who must have made it his business to notify everyone in their address book about this virtual postcard. On receiving it, our puter must be shut down, la, la, la. We were advised not to delete before reading and to please pass it on to all and in turn tell them to the same. Oh, that reminds me now, I forgot to do any of that, promptly discarded it as spam and carried on regardless. Regards from a rainy Skibb, John ----- Original Message ----- From: joe bollard To: vip students Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 2:15 PM Subject: [vip_students] virus question hello friends, i've just recieved an e mail from a someone i know who is warning me about a virus, apparently the subject line is "postcard from hallmark" this particular person tends to exaggerate such things, but i'm wondering if anyone else has heard of it, i wouldn't open an e mail with that subject anyway, just curious take care, travel safely, joe.,