fabiochris wrote: > Hi Vicki > > Several months ago I received emails on one of the Irish mailing lists > which > came across as Irish genealogy info but which when I opened one of the > links it was mainly in Russian with warnings that its links to porn were > not for the faint hearted. A big shock and very unpleasant! I blocked > the > addresses and contacted the mailing list admin team. I also niaively > photcopied the Russian page and took it to my local Police Station, > thinking > they might be able to follow it up. ( Internationl cooperation and all) > I was told in no uncertain terms that they couldn't do anything and was > thoroughly grilled as to what was i doing going onto such a site in the > first place! Not a pleasant experience. > The good news is that since blocking the address of the emails i have not > received any more. > > Chris > New Zealand > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vicki Smith" <vjsmith@alphalink.com.au> > Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.australia+nz > To: <genanz@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:54 PM > Subject: Is anyone else receiving the Russian? postings on both Aussie > andIrish newsgroups > > >> Find it a bit worrying. >> I know we occasionally get Spam but these come in blocks of half a dozen >> or so. >> >> Vicki >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GENANZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.13.61/2313 - Release Date: 08/19/09 > 06:03:00 Use a spam blocker. I am viewing GENANZ via Usenet. That means that I get entirely different spam. Any twit can spam Usenet via Google Groups. Consequently, I have set my filters to exclude everything from Google Groups. There are about two addresses I would like to make exceptions for, but the technology isn't that good. Doug, indexing for http://www.ryersonindex.org/ now 1 million entries for the Sydney Morning Herald alone!