IMHO, your "less than tactful language" would be completely appropriate! Just don't forget to say, Merry Christmas! Eric "Sazee" <sarakay@cybercomm.net> wrote in message news:3c26a868.1796578@news.cybercomm.net... > O.K., here's my rant of the day ... > > A few months ago I got an e-mail from someone claiming to be a distant > cousin (based on the info on my web site). He wanted information > about my ggg grandparents and their kids. I e-mailed him information. > > Then he asked for copies of pictures I have on my web site. I burned > a CD and mailed it to him. > > Then he asked for a gedcom. I cut a gedcom containing the folks he's > supposedly related to (minus ones born after 1900, for privacy > reasons) and sent him that. > > Then he wrote back. "No no! I want a gedcom of your whole family > tree - everyone on your web site!" This is over 4000 names, most of > whom have not one shred of relationship to him. Actually, it hasn't > been established to my satisfaction that he has any relationship to ME > - probably because he has sent me NO information at all. > > Bearing in mind that it's the holiday season, and we're all supposed > to be nice, please help me compose a message to this character > informing him that I have absolutely no intention of sending him the > entire results of my years of research, to do God knows what with. > The language I would use right now would be, shall we say, less than > tactful. > > Grrrrr!!!