I received the following email and would like to know if you think this would work and that it would be safe to do.  I just want to be sure it's not a "scam" to actually get into my address book.  Thanks for all your help in the past.

Temple

           HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ADDRESS BOOK!!!!!!!!!
>
> Here's a trick 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 "A".
>
> For the screen name or email address, type
>       "[log in to unmask]".
>
> Now, here's what you've done and why it works:
>
> The "name" "A"  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
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, it will be
> because of the phony email address you
> entered. 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 In Box almost immediately.
> Hence, if you ever get an email telling you that an
> email addressed to
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 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!

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