Hello everyone, I have just been notified that my ISP, FlashNet, will be doing a series of upgrades to its system beginning Monday and lasting perhaps until Friday of next week. The way I read their message, e-mail should not be much of a problem, but access to my web page (and others' who use FlashNet) may not be available for a period of up to three days during the week. This will NOT affect your ability to post or receive mail, unless you are trying to reach me. The surname lists will be available to you just as they are now. I just wanted to let you know, if I seem unavailable, it's only temporary and I will be back as soon as I can. One piece of "Administrivia": ATTACHMENTS--please do not send them to the list. If you have a large amount of information on a particular subject, please summarize it in a list message and ask people to contact you privately if they would like to receive the attachment. Attachments have been the cause of much heartache and irritation (not to mention lost data), because some mail programs just do not handle them well. Please help keep everyone running smoothly by respecting this request. If you don't, I know where you live! <gr> Also, here are two more web sites you may want to look at and bookmark: Internet SPAM: http://spam.abuse.net/spam/ We all know what spamming did to MAISER. --------------------------------------------- X-Virus_hoaxes: http://kumite.com/myths/ This site is a MUST! Rumors, old wives' tales, etc., regularly make their way around the 'net. This is a good site to check before passing on any "information" you see about different "viruses" ("Good Times" is one which comes to mind) or what are known as "heart throb" stories and other hoaxes. Please do not pass on any virus warnings or pleas for help unless you have checked this site first. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks for reading. Judy Judy Marshall Arnold - [email protected] *ARNOLD*BROADHURST*COOK*COWAN*FAUBION*MARSHALL*MCCOY* ***Visit the "All In Good Time" site***: http://www.flash.net/~judyad/