Hi all, I just want to talk with you all for a minute on warnings, urban legends, etc...etc... But first...I want to tell you something that will be interesting to you....my list is a closed list...I made it this way so we avoid many of the spams that other lists have to deal with. This means that when someone who is not subscribed tries to send to the list, only I receive a copy and they are sent an e-mail saying they cannot post to this list, and why. Within the past five minutes I've received three copies that were sent to KENTUCKIANA-L of the same telephone scam e-mail. Can you all see how quick that grew? One was also being sent to over 30 other mailing lists. This puts such a tremendous strain on the server that I am very surprised rootsweb has been able to handle it! I would like to say that I neglected to say one thing.....this story isn't a hoax entirely....for all residential and most business users. Urban legend, yes...total hoax, no. As for some who needs to dial nine to get an outside number.....well...here goes; Instead of trying to tell it...I'll just send you there: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa021898.htm After you read the above site you will see how senseless it is to forward and reforward this e-mail. Most of us don't even need to think about it....while others who do need to dial nine (at work) just need to check with their phone Co. about their set-up. And if they're that worried about it...fix the set-up. This letter isn't a hoax....but it is an urban legend. As I've read, a story doesn't have to be totally false to be an urban legend. It's more of a story that isn't relevant to the majority, yet is passed around like a hot potato, and very important details are left out (ie. that it doesn't effect the majority of the people and businesses) Please take a look at the mining Co.'s Urban Legends and hoaxes site before forwarding that next warning you receive. http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/mbody.htm Thanks, Dee Kentuckiana Genealogy http://www.aye.net/~dee1234/