Sounds like a phishing expedition by a hacker. Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: <cagthe@comcast.net> To: <COTYRONEIRELAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 8:36 PM Subject: [CoTyIre] How to Unsub > Hi listers, > > I've just had a couple of unsubscribe requests from an email address that > is not subscribed to the list. It could be some weird attempt to get a > response (to identify a live account address for future spamming), but it > may be that one of you is trying to unsubscribe -- maybe it's a legitimate > request, in other words. Just in case it's legit, I thought I'd send this > reminder. > > If you want to unsubscribe, be sure to use the same email address that is > subscribed to the list. > > Be sure to send your request in plain text -- turn off the HTML. > > Send an email with "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject and > body of the email to CoTyroneIreland-request@rootsweb.com -- note the > "-request" part of the address. (In other words, do NOT send your request > to the same address you use to post a message to the list, the > CoTyroneIreland@rootsweb.com address -- but be sure to add the "-request" > part of the address before the "@" sign). > > I don't want to see any of you go, but if you have to, please be sure to > send the request in the proper form to the proper address. > > Thanks! > > Claire K. > CTI List Admin > > ------------- > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message