My apologies to all. I thought I was making a PERSONAL appeal and did not realize it was in fact going to the genealogy bulletin board. I would never have knowingly used any esoteric topic website for political commentary. I appreciate and enjoy this site and did not intentionally or knowingly misuse it. Thanks, Mike Jackson, cell phone 415-609-9100, fax 419-818-8213, mailto:mljackso@bechtel.com > -----Original Message----- > From: dddennis@concentric.net [SMTP:dddennis@concentric.net] > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 6:57 AM > To: ALCHILTO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Off topic posts > > There have been several badly off topic posts to both the mailing list and > the Chilton Co. Query Forum lately. I'm giving one poster the benefit of > the doubt > that he accidently did it and banning the other who appears to be a true > spammer. > I'm afraid that even though rootsweb does a great job of filtering > the > spam some will get through from time to time. I see all of it > unfortunately > and believe me 30 to 50 messages a day get filtered with very little > getting through. > Please bear with us and realize that we do all we can to block it > and > that it will be dealt with ASAP. Also please don't respond to this through > the list. If you feel a need to respond please send it to me at > <mailto:dddennis2concentric.net> > David Dennis, dddennis@concentric.net, UsGebWeb webpage for Lincoln Co., > Ga + Chilton Co., Al, and Rootsweb mailing list owner for them and the > SWORDS-L lists, among other things.