Hi Ruth, Just thinking aloud... If it is a big issue and out of hand, my suggestion would be: 1. Set up a new mail box, such as on google mail (gmail). a). It's free. b). gmail catches almost all spam c). It stores almost unlimited mail and attachments-- i.e. the mail you want, while filtering out spam. d). The biggest difference is that gmail calls "folders" as "labels". Once I got used to that, gmail is a breeze to use. e). You do have to check your "contact" list in gmail cos it seems to add everyone who ever writes to you (except spam addresses). 2. Removee the box for "Put your Email here" on the form your guests fill out. 3. Add text at the top of the page to say: You may write to me at my new address: whatever@gmail.com People will then be able to contact you without exposing their email addresses. *You can also add a note to your Main index page saying guests can contact you at new address: whatever@gmail.com 4. Replace Your Old Email on your website with your new address: whatever@gmail.com This will start the process of limiting junk coming to Your Old Email address. It'll take months for the spam to slow down on the Old address. Since Google can run it's bots on Rootsweb, even posts to Archived Lists means your E-mail is exposed. My 2nd thought... not sure if it can be done... can you add a noindex,nofollow tag on the form page? You might not be able to do this on the form's output page, though, because I think RW controls thatt. Judy On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Ruth Mather <ruth@matherclan.com> wrote: > > Subject: spammers, scammers, bots, etc. in guestbook > > Hello, > I just recently checked my guestbook & received the following entry: > Hello Ruth and all - Please be aware! > Myself and other family members who have posted on this site have > received > an email scam requesting Mather family information. > The email comes from THE NIGERIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM and the > subject line reads "Story of Mather's" > Apparently spammers have come onto this great site and collected all of > our > email addresses. > Please carefully check your emails! > > How can I prevent spammers, scammers, and bots from getting to my > guestbook?? > Ruth Mather > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- WASHINGTON COUNTY PA WEBSITES::: http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~florian/ http://freepages.school-alumni.rootsweb.com/~florian/the-rockdoctor/ Coordinator of the Washington County PAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/