Thanks for doing all this for us Bunker, Doug! Grace On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Douglas Detling <[email protected]> wrote: > In the past few days, most surname lists at Rootsweb.com (administered > under Ancestry) have been the target of an overwhelming number of spam > and/or phishing messages (this morning alone I acted to remove 80 messages > aimed at a single list). As of this morning, all of the lists I administer > have been placed on moderation, which requires administrator approval > before messages are sent to the list. I am taking this action while > Rootsweb volunteers are attempting to handle this problem. I have requested > that the archives be purged of any offending messages sent to the list. > Please be very careful about acting on the content of any message. If it > doesn't seem legitimate to you, or is not related to family history > research, it is probably spam and or an attempt to gain access to personal > information. Do not click on any link in any e-mail message you receive > unless you trust the sender. As a list administrator, I try to avoid > sending messages containing a link. If I do, I clearly indicate the > purpose of the link, and a way to obtain information without clicking the > link. Usually this will be advice to enter a link directly in the address > bar of your browser within clicking the link in the email. > > Hopefully our list traffic will return to its peaceful status (only a few > messages per week) shortly, and we can return to un-moderated messaging > traffic. In the meantime, if you have any questions about this, please > send me a message off list to my gmail address listed. > > Doug Detling > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, > please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >