Listmembers: As all of you know in recent days we have had a deluge of attachments, viruses, etc hit. Since my last letter of warning I have had many letters of appreciation and some with persons calling me a dictator or a Nazi. This doesn't bother me as one might think as the ends justify the means, (I am trying to protect all of our computers). Even though I did post the message of warning I am still seeing persons getting the virus and I am still unsubscribing them until their systems are cleared up. This is for everyone's protection. Since the way the viruses work they get into someone's address book and send these postings, you might receive them from a close contact or a casual contact as some persons save every address they deal with. They also gain entry into the memory systems and therefore use subject lines familiar with any posts or replies you have made. That is as simple as I can make it. Many of the persons are totally unaware of what is going on until I contact them that it is happening..so don't be mad at those people. I wanted to take a moment to try to help some of you avoid possibly getting a virus. As many of you may or may not know, I have several mailing lists. All of my lists are set to carry the list name in the subject line and this will always be contained in brackets, such as [Kentuckiana-L] (followed by the subject line). Since the viruses are not being carried through the Rootsweb mailing lists, but are only being made to look that way since they are duplicating the subject lines and this would include the list name and therefore look like an authentic list posting... if you receive any postings with a list name in the subject line and it has an attachment--DELETE IT WITHOUT OPENING THE POST. If as you look at your list of mail and see (what appears to be list postings) and there is an attachment there, just hit the delete button. Don't even consider opening it, REGARDLESS OF THE SUBJECT LINE OR POSSIBLE CONTENT. Follow this procedure also for any emails containing the words (not a subscriber) that have an attachment. These are from persons who have been unsubbed from the list. Some of these are activating without opening the attachments although they aren't suppose to do that. I am more interested in what they ARE DOING to your system then whether they are functioning as they are suppose to. You will not receive a message post from one of my lists without the list name in the brackets so use this as a form of detection. NO LEGITIMATE POST WILL COME THROUGH THE LIST WITH AN ATTACHMENT. I will make a listing of the lists I administer within this post so make a note of them. I will use *** next to the list name to denote if any attachment/virus activity has hit that list so far. Some have had no instances and others are just out of control. I am not trying to dictate what you do, only to protect you and others from infections. I am trying to give you all a way of seeing which posts are potential for danger without opening them and doing this with a certainty that you are not missing any vital data you might need. My lists: APGAR *** BINGHAM BOTT *** BUSHEY GOSS INOWEN **** JENNINGS *** KENTUCKIANA*** KNOLL RATZ RICKARD *** SCHUYLER *** SECREST *** SUMMER*** TONER VTFRANKL *** WARFORD Please be very careful in opening your mail. This should have no effect on you posting to the lists...it is more a matter of what you OPEN. As all of you are researching and perhaps working with someone right now on a lineage, let those persons know to notify you ahead of time in a SEPARATE email in this manner: " I am sending you an attachment for the John Smith Family". Have them be specific as to what and how many and to send the attachment soon after notifying you so that you are expecting THAT one in particular. If there is any variation in what they are telling you they will send and what you recieve don't open it and question them about it. Many persons will have no knowledge unless they are told. If you do get unsubscribed from one of my lists you will need to follow this procedure to get resubbed: Contact me personally and let me know your system has been cleaned. I will need to resub you manually as your name will be on a list to prevent automatic resubbing. Please let me know the list name also. No apology is needed as nobody in their right mind would deliberately get and pass on these viruses...I know it is just something that is happening. Debbie Jennings Indiana Research for Hire <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/in4/indianaresearch/index.html">http://www.angelfire.com/in4/indianaresearch</A> Franklin county Vermont Genweb Site <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtfrankl/Franklin.html">Franklin County Vermont</A> Lancaster County Virginia Genweb Site <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~valancas/">Lancaster County, VAGenWeb Project</A> Sweet Owen and Surrounding Areas <A HREF="http://angelfire.lycos.com/in4/sweetowen">http://www.angelfire.com/in4/sweetowen/</A> Our Kentuckiana Home <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/kentuckianahome">http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/kentuckianahome/</A>