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    1. [CORNISH-GEN] LISTMOM: SPAM Emails
    2. Yvonne Bowers
    3. Some of you are concerned about a recent post with a SPAM URL in the message body. The mail didn't come from Rootsweb - it was posted by a subscriber. Recently we've seen a spate of hijacked aol addresses and this appears to be one. The Rootsweb filters don't bounce a message with simply an URL in it (it doesn't get caught in the SPAM filter) and if the person is a subscriber, it gets through. Without moderating the entire list, we are occasionally going to see these hijacked/viral messages if they are sent by unsuspecting subscribers. If you are concerned about any URL that comes through the list, don't click on it. I've put the person on moderate (which means none of his/her posts gets through unless I approve them) until it's worked out. Please aol-ers and everyone, use your SPAM filters and do NOT open attachments unless you are 100% certain of their origin. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Yvonne Bowers Listmom/Webmom CORNISH, CORNISH-GEN, CA-CORNISH http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/cornishlib/cornishlib.htm

    05/25/2010 09:28:30