Hi all, As you've probably noticed, there have been problems with email delivery for some time now (at least since November). In Dec. and again just the other day, a bunch of mail has come through that was hung up on the RW servers. Rumor has it that the RW backlog has cleared (again), so if you sent a message recently that you never saw post to the list, please send it again. (If it makes you feel any better (in the vein of misery loving company), the amount of spam I've been dealing with behind the scenes in the list filters is through the roof). I'd also like to thank you all for not complaining about the intermittent mail problems, like so many other lists' members have been doing. Just so you know, it's not just RW having this problem -- other mailing lists like Yahoo have had problems, and direct emails (no list, just ISPs) have also have had problems. I've been told it's Internet-wide, and is due to a sudden upsurge in spam clogging computers around the world. (Working from memory -- a dangerous thing, since my memory's been pretty unreliable lately -- I think I saw a reference to a 400% increase in spam almost overnight. Even if that's not the right figure, it's a massive increase in a short time). So thanks for your patience, for not blaming RootsWeb, and for not bombarding the list with complaints. Remember, the blame is on the spammers, not RW; here's hoping someone gets them under control, or comes up with a technological way of protecting servers from this massive drain on their resources. Should the problems continue (resume), please be aware that the messages are apparently all (?) getting through to the list archives, even when they don't make it to the list, so if you see an answer to a question you never saw, you can always check the archives to see what you've missed. Search the list archives here -- http:// archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CoTyroneIreland -- or browse it here -- http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ CoTyroneIreland/ . Let's hope that things are back to normal -- and will STAY that way. Meanwhile, post away! Regards, Claire K CTI List Admin seekay@comcast.net