Hi Gail, I think it has to do alot with AOL. when I had AOL that is all I ever got was nasty SPAM, but after I quit using them I havent received any yet!!! (knock on wood) And I have never gotten any from the list. But AOL's address for that kind of thing is something like TOSE1@aol.com, that might not be it but it has something to do with Terms Of Service. There is a link somewhere I think for it!! Also, if you go into any of the chat rooms on AOL is when you really get them!!! Hope I could help, Crystal Wanda Rabb <wcr@netunlimited.net> wrote on Saturday February 13, 1999 at 11:02pm: >>Hi Cousins! >> >>Since I joined this mailing list a short time ago, I have started receiving a >>lot of spam, most of it disgusting! Is anyone else experiencing the same >>problem? It seemed to start at the same time as I signed onto this list. >> >>Gail Faries > >Rootsweb has a spam filter system in place that filters out most spam >attempts on the mailing lists. In addition, you must be a subscriber to >the list in order for a post to make it through to the list. I receive >quite a few unsavory spam attempts on my lists simply because the failed >attempts bounce to the listowner. I don't think I have seen one actually >hit the list in quite awhile, although attempts are literally made every >day. > >If you receive spam e-mail that bothers you, send a note to the source ISP. >Most ISPs have an address set up that is "abuse@ispname" (substitute the >ISP name). For example, if you receive spam mail from AOL, write to >"abuse@aol.com"; if you receive spam from a hotmail address, address your >concern to "abuse@hotmail.com". > >Wanda > > > >==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The coolest site for free home pages, email, chat, e-cards, movie info.. | | http://www.goplay.com - it's time to Go Play! | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+