Joan, I did a fast Google on Donslist and he has many web pages pushing books and directories for sale and asks for donations on the others. Please give me both his e-mail addys so I can block this spammer before he starts on my lists. Thanks Janet On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:31 AM, <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > Wendy- > > Good advice on the posting of personal information. > > I've never seen anything quite like this mass poster on LISTS before. > Usually this type of post comes on the boards and possibly through the gateway. > This guy is nothing if not persistent. I haven't used his site -- it may > well be  helpful...but I don't care for his tactics and for that reason alone > I don't  trust him. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 5/2/2012 12:24:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > wendy.howard@gmail.com writes: > > That's a  very strong argument for setting lists up so that the > owner/admin approves  each new member, and then putting them onto > moderation immediately after  approval is given. > > Another one - I had a new member on one of my lists  recently post about > her family.  Her first-ever post on  Rootsweb.  She gave personal details > about herself and close family  members who were clearly living.  I wrote > to her suggesting she  rethink the level of detail she revealed to a > public forum, and she came  back and thanked me for the guidance, > appreciating that I'd prevented her  from making a newbie mistake she > might come to regret. > > Food for  thought.  :-) > > Kind  Regards, > Wendy > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message