Sue, I don't know if LD (List Development list) would be the appropriate place or not, but have you or anyone else made that very suggestion there and/or to the Help Desk? I've wondered the same thing myself in the past, but I suppose it's like the darned list spam when it seems so helpless as if stopping (or at least slowing it down) the spam seems so much like trying to keep the tide in the ocean from coming in using a teaspoon. :-( David E. Cann decann@infionline.net -----Original Message----- From: boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sue Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:51 PM To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com; Kathie Harrison Subject: Re: [BAd] Spammer has hit more than 60 boards AGAIN Kathy & all, thanks for the heads up - again! I *Wish* the programmers could figure out a way to block the URL www.ancest...books...com (scewed here!) in the message that would take care of the spamming. ust think of all the messages in our List archives that will remain there for ever unless manually removed by staff because we are not the original posters! Sue <snip>