I didn't think that this type of posting was allowed on Rootsweb.com and yet these postings keep popping up here from time to time. Is this allowed and how is it happening? ________________________________ From: "stevejbusby@hotmail.com" <stevejbusby@hotmail.com> To: busby@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, February 1, 2010 2:04:02 AM Subject: [BUSBY] Vacation reply hi,friend : i find a supplier for electronic products for iPhone ,Nokia ,Camera,Laptop even MOtorcycle is available. all the items are original but price is very good as wholesale business. if it is suitable for your business i give you their contact info : [1]www.electronic-trademall.com E-mail: [2]electronic_trademall@188.com MSN: [3]electronic-trademall@hotmail.com References 1. http://www.electronic-trademall.com/ 2. mailto:electronic_trademall@188.com 3. mailto:electronic-trademall@hotmail.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUSBY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010, TOM F DUNKLIN wrote: > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:44:18 -0800 (PST) > From: TOM F DUNKLIN <dunk1432@verizon.net> > Reply-To: busby@rootsweb.com > To: busby@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BUSBY] Vacation reply > > I didn't think that this type of posting was allowed on Rootsweb.com and yet these postings keep popping up here from time to time. Is this allowed and how is it happening? > > There was one of these a couple of weeks previous. I believe that such messages use email spoofing; that is, they pretend to be sent from the named sender. All we can really do, is ignore them, and hope that they will go away. The best thing, is to simply ignore them. They are irritating, but we cannot do much about them. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................