I posted a whole big analysis of this technique in YAAT (Yet Another Anthrax Thread). Long story short, it ain’t going to do diddly squat.
[sub]I’m a microbiologist, if anyone was wondering[/sub]
Snopes goes on to say that ironing could be even worse, since you could potentially weaken the envelope and cause it to open, dumping spores out.
Yep, so am I. When I first heard the Ironing Mail Solution I cracked up.
If you urinate on it and turn around three times at sundown, I hear it can help, too.
Has anyone else been struck by the irony of us all regularly deleting email originating from people we don’t know lest our computer become sick yet people being terrified of opening snailmail which comes to their home?
ahem… your letter wouldn’t burst into flames no matter how long you put it in the microwave
I thought y’all would find this article of some interest:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011026/hl/anthrax_19.html