Sharon -- I may be stupid about these things -- old age, etc. The bounces come from Mailman, the "sending" part of Rootsweb. This program is still being educated, it is said, but it should be able to recognize the words "non-member". I have had 100 vis the Simcoe list today -- escaped when my daughter and I went down to help set up for another art -- only Mom is in this one -- my daughter is not. Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Haggerty" <smhaggerty@shaw.ca> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 2:09 PM 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.