I hate to do this but .... I have received over 500 virus messages from the three main lists I maintain in the last 2 days. I have tried to notify each one of you infected, privately, but they just keep rolling in. The viruses are not coming from the list, but from people ON the list from their infected systems. Between my 3 lists, there are approximately 5,000 subbers so the potential for my in-box is endless! Thus, I'm going to have to do what other list managers are doing. If I receive a virus from you (and I know you don't know your system is sending it out unless I've notified you), I will unsub you from the list. You will receive the unsub notice. As soon as your system is clean again, write me and I will restore you to the list(s). I'm not angry with you ... we have to get this stopped. Again: The viruses are not being passed thru the rootsweb list - this is a total impossibility. But, it is passed from an infected system through your address books. The subject line is legit - it is a post you have replied to, or I have posted and you haven't read. The only clue you have when you receive a virus is either: (1) there is an attachment with a double suffix (two dots at the end such as text.doc.doc or any combination. Some normal ones are napster, nudeme, ad nauseum. (2) you receive a blank email which at the bottom says it was not delivered. If you will look at the sender's name, there is an underscore before their email address. Such as _sgorin@glasgow-ky.com. If you want to notify the person (who you may or may not know!), do NOT reply to the message. Cut and paste the address without the underscore and put it on a new message. If you reply, it multiplies the virus. PLEASE, if you have a good virus program, run it daily until this is over. Be sure that you have the latest updates (virus definitions) before scanning. I am scanning twice a day right now. If you don't have a virus program, get one quickly! Or - you can look on the web and there are some freebies that work well. Thanks so much - I will continue to notify infected users once but if I get another virus from that same individual, I will remove from the list until your system is clean. Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ SCKY resource links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html < >< God Bless America ><>