Listmembers I am using the list to give you the infomation given me by Rootsweb Tech support. When you receive an obnoxious email you have about 24 hours to send it to AOL or whichever ISP it came from (MSN, Earthlink, etc) it can usually be traced if you do this quickly. The logs are kept at the ISPs from 24 to 48 hours. AOL, for example will attempt to punish or cut off the generator of the email according to the technician I spoke to and hackers falsifying an AOL address can be prosecuted. Here is the rule: if you get a vulgar or obnoxious email sent to your private address, forward the message to the ISP and if you wish to keep me in the loop, please forward a copy me. Do not post it to the list or discuss it on the list. One subscriber pointed out to me that the guidelines actually condoned sending nasty letters in private. Nasty letters are not condoned or desired. The rule is really means if you must send a nasty email direct it to the party offending you or to me but leave the list for discussions of Civil War Genealogy or History. Thank you for your patience. If you have a comment or question Direct it to me at mpruddy@msn.com Mike Ruddy List Maintenance Civil War