SHARON , and MURIEL : Sharon is absolutely correct. But don't make the mistake that I once made. I responded, in jest, to an offer to WASH about 8 Zillion dollars thru my Bank Account, for some Schnook in West Africa, with an animated picture of a Monkey ( doing obscene things ) but all that it did was to confirm that I had a live address. Since that time, perhaps four years ago, I am getting spam e-mails from every corner of the World, every Country that I ever knew, and several that I still dont know where they are. So, don't sweat it, JUST DELETE THEM, as they occur. I am up to near 100 a day... Keeps my fingers in good trim :-) If you are interested, the final two letters of the senders e-mail address often tell you where the e-mail originated. For instance hk (Hong Kong), jp (Japan), ru (Russia), uk (England), fr (France), De (Denmark), and a litany of others. SO, Muriel, it aint just kids with too much time on their hands. It is scammers trying to con DUMPF KOPHFS ( DO I HAVE MY German right ) out of their hard earned dough !!!!!!!!! To add to the misery, ROGERS SENDS ME EVERYTHING ADDRESSED TO ME, AND ALL THE SCAM ADDRESSED BEGINNING WITH rob.... (most of them live addresses, I have found). Am still wondering whether they get copies of my legit e-mails . For Sharon .. Windows VISTA picks up about, and dumps, about 1 out of 50 spam e-mails. Do yourself a favour . DO IT YOURSELF !!!!!!!! At least, that way, I get everything that the list sends along. Cheers, everyone. Remember, someone out there is thinking up new ways to SCAM YOU !!!!!!!!! Have a Great Holiday, Muriel .... you have earned it ! Paul Robins -----Original Message----- From: can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-ont-simcoe-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sharon Haggerty Sent: July-15-07 2:10 PM To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] re off-list emails Muriel, I think most spam is automatically generated by a computer that scans the internet for email addresses and then sends off the spam messages. It isn't sent by an individual who makes a decision to send you or the list a message. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "muriel m davidson" <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:46 AM Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] [SIMCOE] re off-list emails > Doreen -- > Believe it or not, I received 10 copies of the same ?? e-mail > this morning, one was Fwd: and the other Re: -- copied by other > senders -- all listed as non-members by Rootsweb. > My question is -- If they know they are NON-MEMBERS, > why send the message.