Hello FERGUS people! I received the same spam message all of you did today. I want you to know that everyday I receive numberous posts that are spam trying to intercept our list. But, our server Rootsweb works diligently to weed out almost all - this is the 1st spam that has gotten through to this list! Pretty amazing, eh? All of the other messages that Rootsweb suspects are spam are sent to the listowner - then I look and get to decide if it is or not . . . in case someone has posted a message that is truly meant for our group but appears to have a spam-looking subject line. I am taking the time for everyone to read this information as I think that Rootsweb is to be commended for their stamina at protecting all of the hundreds of lists that they maintain. And, to explain the procedure, no one on this list needs to do anything, no message to me, or to Rootsweb as I receive all of the same posts you do, plus some for maintaining the list. I have already forwarded the post to Tim Pierce, the SPAM-man at Rootsweb and in a matter of minutes this particular address will be blocked from ALL of the lists. This is one aspect of my job as listowner that makes it so nice, there is a lot of support to keep a list running smoothly. So continue to post your roll-call as soon as you can. Cynthia crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl