Greetings: I am not sure about this one. The person has been moderated but not banned. The address, mangled, is garden 1 gal (at) gmail.com The message, sent to one of my Vermont county lists, extolled the virtues of a site called "Expr esso Bo ok Machi ne". It had absolutely nothing to do with the county -- except that people in Franklin County are rumored to read books from time to time. I feared another incarnation of our favorite book reprint spammers, but this looks different. For what little it may be worth. Darrell

Darrell A. Martin wrote: > Greetings: > > I am not sure about this one. The person has been moderated but not > banned. The address, mangled, is garden 1 gal (at) gmail.com > > The message, sent to one of my Vermont county lists, extolled the > virtues of a site called "Expr esso Bo ok Machi ne". It had absolutely > nothing to do with the county -- except that people in Franklin County > are rumored to read books from time to time. If the apparent offender has posted normally in the past then I'd be thinking "hijacked address". If they haven't or haven't posted at all, then I'd be thinking "spammer". If it looks like spam, smells like spam, it most likely IS spam and the offender would be getting the order of the boot. > > I feared another incarnation of our favorite book reprint spammers, but > this looks different. I've never seen any of this type of spam - no, that's NOT an invitation to them to try hitting my lists! LOL > For what little it may be worth. Anything to keep the spammers at bay with worth it. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/