As you may know, I have several mailing addresses, with most of my mail going to the main account for my personal web site domain (ddetling@greencity.org). Because I am now getting several hundred messages a day of so-called "spam" or junk e-mail, including abuse of the domain name (there are only two accounts at greencity.org--mine and my wife's), I am taking some steps to reduce my own junk mail, as well as causing spammers some trouble. These steps will be taken over the next several weeks to give adequate notice to those who send me legitimate e-mail. So please take note of the following Effective today, my main e-mail address will be: doug.detling@greencity.org Please change your address books to delete ddetling@greencity.org and substitute the one using my first and last name. Mail addressed with the old address will still be delivered and read, but more slowly as I actively try to change over and then get rid of that address. If you get e-mail from any sender at "greencity.org" other than from us (whether it is ddetling, doug.detling, or manuela), it is not a legitimate sender and the message should be deleted. Spammers hijak domain names to use, and ours is no exception--I get 20 bounced or undeliverable message a day from mail servers alleging that messages sent by other folks using the greencity domain cannot be delivered. Well, they weren't send from us, so I didn't really care--except when I figured out how much traffic is being used, and I have to pay for the temporary storage of the "bounced" messages. My secondary e-mail address at charter.net (my local ISP) will remain active. That address is used to administer the various Rootsweb mailing list I coordinate. Thanks, Doug Douglas Detling (ddetling@charter.net or doug.detling@greencity.org) 725 Royal Ave., #81, Medford, OR 97504-6449 (541) 301-1025 • eFax (815) 366-9121 http://www.greencity.org or http://www.gencircles.com/users/ddetling/1