It looks like that person is using something called "Choicemail." You can read about it at: http://www.digiportal.com/product4.html Here's part of its description: "ChoiceMail is a spam- blocking system based on the premise that all incoming email is assumed to be spam until senders have obtained permission (called registering) to send you email. Until they do so, mail from unapproved senders will not appear in your email application." So, someone chooses to sign up for a list like this. They then buy that Choicemail software which then treats messages from the list that they chose to sign up for as spam unless the list "registers" with the person/Choicemail. Sheesh! Sincerely, Paul Burchfield, Genealogy.com Technical Support http://www.genealogy.com/help/ >>> Al Turner <[email protected]> 07/12/02 02:19PM >>> Did anyone else receive the following? The only message I have sent with this subject list was to the list only and I don't have anyone with a Road Runner address in my book. Just might treat it as spam since it has a commercial message and report to [email protected] Alfred, do we have a list member [email protected]? Al Message with full headers: ---------------------------------------- Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from mail7.nc.rr.com ([24.93.67.54]) by mtiwgwc29.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.34 201-229-121-134-20020625) with ESMTP id <[email protected]com> for <[email protected]>; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:24:06 +0000 Received: from john-w ([24.88.247.30]) by mail7.nc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Fri, 12 Jul 2002 16:24:05 -0400 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: Re: [FO] Information on the KLEX worm. To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 16:24:32 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-Library: Indy 9.0.1-B X-ChoiceMail-Registration-Request: ChoiceMail registration request Return-Path: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> X-Mozilla-Status: 8011 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 X-UIDL: <[email protected]> The recipient, [email protected], asks that you click on the URL http://www.digiportal.com/cgi-bin/cmregister.pl?data=TIXZvOj0Z69iSSTC7uagNvwe00yses%2BymTHc5CObPqS23v0ed2TccOTVARbDY28IHPZFx9jNYGoGgfFRkEGQ5mMpM5ioOwBHz2cy4Tn5glYvCATg6nPSXhqxCW6GubLw to request permission to send emails. This recipient is using a permission-based email system that requires senders to be granted permission to contact the recipient. The purpose is to prevent junk email messages from disturbing the recipient. The recipient apologizes for this minor one-time inconvenience. The original mail that you sent to the recipient has been stored temporarily and will be released once your registration has been accepted by the recipient. There is no need to send your original mail again. For more information on how you can subscribe to this service, please contact [email protected] ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== The Genealogical Companion http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2399/tgc.htm Browsable Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/family-origins-users/

It's actually worse than that! Every member of the list has to register before all the list mail will get through... If it were my list, I'd unsub the person and send private mail to let them know they need to remove that before they get back on the list... Might take some detective work though... Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Burchfield [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 3:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FO] Strange message It looks like that person is using something called "Choicemail." You can read about it at: http://www.digiportal.com/product4.html Here's part of its description: "ChoiceMail is a spam- blocking system based on the premise that all incoming email is assumed to be spam until senders have obtained permission (called registering) to send you email. Until they do so, mail from unapproved senders will not appear in your email application." So, someone chooses to sign up for a list like this. They then buy that Choicemail software which then treats messages from the list that they chose to sign up for as spam unless the list "registers" with the person/Choicemail. Sheesh! Sincerely, Paul Burchfield, Genealogy.com Technical Support http://www.genealogy.com/help/ >>> Al Turner <[email protected]> 07/12/02 02:19PM >>> Did anyone else receive the following? The only message I have sent with this subject list was to the list only and I don't have anyone with a Road Runner address in my book. Just might treat it as spam since it has a commercial message and report to [email protected] Alfred, do we have a list member [email protected]? Al