Hi, all, I never got the message that is the subject of this discussion. But if you don't mind my comments.... As moderator of the Saint-Domingue List, I sometimes get notifications from Roots Web, of messages from non-subscribers. Frequently the NON SUBSCRIBER is <saint-domingue-l@ etc>.... the very list I am moderating! I delete it & block the offending e-mail address, but STILL occasionally get junk supposedly from that e-dress. I have asked Rootsweb if I can do anything about this, but never got an answer back. Roots Web DOES seem to catch all of the junk mail, before it posts to the list, though. Spammers will try everything, won't they? Warmest regards, Augusta PS. Good advice Peter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spring" <spring@surfbvi.com> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com>; <markoejohn519@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Carib] Warning - Emails from "Ann Q" > Hi John > > I entirely agree with you that we must ourselves accept the prime > responsibility for Internet security on our own computers. A friend of > mine reserves the use of one address solely for communicating with > another family history List, so that it can be changed if necessary > without the need to notify every other active contact in his address book. > My own security software also keeps nasties to a minimum, but the > junk-mail I received from "Ann Q" used her correct address, which I am > reluctant to add to my banned list. Even so, I broke two personal rules > in clicking on the link it contained: > 1. Be wary of opening e-mails with blank subject lines (I was > considering writing to Ann first) > 2. Be very wary of clicking on hyperlinks unsupported by a satisfactory > covering message > but I must now add a third rule > 3.Leave to the morning (when my judgement is more acute) dealing with > any e-mail falling into categories 1 &/ or 2 > > Best wishes > > Peter Moll > > On 28/01/2010 07:52, markoe <markoejohn519@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've had posts for many years at Rootsweb and many other sites. At one > time I received 50 or so junk mails a day. My server (in Costa Rica) > was on a blacklist. The server eventually cleaned up and got off the > list but until I installed a good anti-spyware and anti-virus program > the junk mail continued to pour in. I've been using the free versions > of Avast (which scans email) and Windows Defender for several years > now and install updates whenever they are available (usually daily). > The junk mail has gone down to maybe one or two every now and then. > Perhaps good security maintenance is the key to staying safe - and it > goes without saying I never open attachments from unknown sources > (although it seems I'm missing out on millions of unclaimed dollars!). > My email address (Gmail) on this list has never received junk or other > threats. Yet. > > MarkoeJohn > > On Jan 26, 11:55 pm, CM Codrington <cm...@optimum.net wrote: > > Hi Peter > unfortunately the filters at ancestry/Rootsweb are not perfect lately. > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message