This is being sent out as a warning to others and has appeared on another list, though we have had nothing on Hampshire-Life like this I felt it needed to be brought to your attention. A lot of these have links that in fact ENCOURAGE more spam. Chris List Admin Message: I have now had several messages off-list from subscribers who have received a strange email purporting to originate from Rootsweb. The message is shown below and it is appearing to originate from other lists too. It is suspected to be a spoof and a poorly masked attempt to harvest email addresses by hoping the recipient will click on the link sent, thus confirming their existence. I would urge anyone receiving these messages to delete them and NOT click on the link. Sometimes persons engage third party anti-spam services to filter out their unwanted mail, and send out such messages. As a matter of routine, I always reject any requests to comply, for it is the user's responsibility to manage their own "white lists" and not expect others to do it for them. In the case of messages being routed via Rootsweb, there are plenty of adequate in-built safeguards to prohibit spam from being forwarded - only the Listowner gets it! The message to ignore is...... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "You recently sent an e-mail to me at [email protected] Your message was NOT delivered. My mailbox is protected against e-mail viruses and junk e-mail by www.dropspam.com. Since you are reading this, it's very unlikely that your message was, in fact, spam. Please click on the link below to be authenticated. You will not need to authenticate again, and all of your future mail will be delivered without delay. Please follow this link to add yourself to my approved sender list. [clickable link containing recipient's email address embedded within]"