I'm not sure I understand what all the fuss is about. As soon as I open the email and see the word cemetery or grave (whatever word they use), I know it doesn't pertain to my Griffins and I delete it. In fact, there is rarely an email that pertains to my Griffins, but I wouldn't think of asking people not to post just because it doesn't pertain to me. --- On Sat, 9/5/09, GriffW <griway@knology.net> wrote: > From: GriffW <griway@knology.net> > Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] Dealing with this kind of Spam > To: griffin@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 11:09 PM > Kay, > > 1.      Leave things as they are. > > Waymon Griffin > > > > Kay Snow wrote, 5 Sep 2009: > > List members, > > > >  > > > > The person posted as t42 is doing a wonderful > service.  However, I agree I > > wish I didn't have to open each one to be sure it > isn't my Griffin Family. > >    > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GRIFFIN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

in my view it is a matter of making a proper subject line. Everyone who uses a list like this, no matter the surname, should always put a location in the subject line if possible. When I contacted this person some weeks ago, I was just asking him to put TX or Texas in the subject line, since every single one of his posts was from a cemetery in Texas. Another member also asked him to distinguish his posts in some way. that's it. I'm hoping that people will learn from this and remember to be thoughtful when they create their subject line. Amelia >I'm not sure I understand what all the fuss is about. As soon as I >open the email and see the word cemetery or grave (whatever word >they use), I know it doesn't pertain to my Griffins and I delete it. >In fact, there is rarely an email that pertains to my Griffins, but >I wouldn't think of asking people not to post just because it >doesn't pertain to me. > >--- On Sat, 9/5/09, GriffW <griway@knology.net> wrote: > >> From: GriffW <griway@knology.net> >> Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] Dealing with this kind of Spam >> To: griffin@rootsweb.com >> Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 11:09 PM >> Kay, >> >> 1. Leave things as they are. >> >> Waymon Griffin >> >> >> >> Kay Snow wrote, 5 Sep 2009: >> > List members, >> > >> > >> > >> > The person posted as t42 is doing a wonderful >> service. However, I agree I >> > wish I didn't have to open each one to be sure it >> isn't my Griffin Family. > > >

Amelia, I agree with you about including identification of location in the subject line (and not just for the person who sends the cemetery photos,but for all of who post) and it would also be nice if people would include dates and location in the body of the email, too. My point was that it is pretty obvious what the email is going to be about once you open it and it's very easy to delete right away. I hope I didn't hurt anyone's feelings with my previous posting--that wasn't my intent. I value this opportunity to search for my family's roots and I want everyone else to see this as a great way to learn more about their family in particular and genealogical research in general. I sincerely apologize if I've hurt anyone's feelings. Diane --- On Tue, 9/8/09, Amelia James <ajames@artic.edu> wrote: > From: Amelia James <ajames@artic.edu> > Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] Dealing with this kind of Spam > To: griffin@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 9:56 AM > in my view it is a matter of making a > proper subject line. Everyone > who uses a list like this, no matter the surname, should > always put a > location in the subject line if possible. When I contacted > this > person some weeks ago, I was just asking him to put TX or > Texas in > the subject line, since every single one of his posts was > from a > cemetery in Texas. Another member also asked him to > distinguish his > posts in some way. > > that's it. > > I'm hoping that people will learn from this and remember to > be > thoughtful when they create their subject line. > Amelia > > >I'm not sure I understand what all the fuss is > about.  As soon as I > >open the email and see the word cemetery or grave > (whatever word > >they use), I know it doesn't pertain to my Griffins and > I delete it. > >In fact, there is rarely an email that pertains to my > Griffins, but > >I wouldn't think of asking people not to post just > because it > >doesn't pertain to me. > > > >--- On Sat, 9/5/09, GriffW <griway@knology.net> > wrote: > > > >>  From: GriffW <griway@knology.net> > >>  Subject: Re: [GRIFFIN] Dealing with this > kind of Spam > >>  To: griffin@rootsweb.com > >>  Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 11:09 PM > >>  Kay, > >> > >>  1.      Leave things as they > are. > >> > >>  Waymon Griffin > >> > >> > >> > >>  Kay Snow wrote, 5 Sep 2009: > >>  > List members, > >>  > > >>  > > >>  > > >>  > The person posted as t42 is doing a > wonderful > >>  service.  However, I agree I > >>  > wish I didn't have to open each one to > be sure it > >>  isn't my Griffin Family. > >  > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GRIFFIN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >