Marge, I also delete them. That same "person" sent the message twice and I was wondering IF we have a list mgr. to block that email address, so no further messages come thru. tx, Ruth

I went on line and researched Opessa Town and it has articles about the first white settlers to the Virginia Rappanannock etc area. The first white man was not accounted for in Opessa Town , I think they call it Old town now, was named Israel Friend. It was interesting. I am sure the name in the email was not connected to that but it did give me a little research I would not have know.

well, maybe the person sending the message was just trying to be helpful and pass on a link to data (?) and maybe it was not spam -HOWEVER when we do that, we should AT LEAST tell others on the list what it is - way too much garbage going around and you were brave to click on the link. haha Tx, Ruth

I didn't click the link. I took the email addy and went to google. There it took me to several sites about Opessa Town. I wouldn't click a link with all the virus and worst around today you can't trust them. I think the person used a name that people would recognize and they could "catch" them. But you are correct if a person wants to give us information they would tell us about the site and then give us the address of the site not their email address.

Last I remember, Carol Askey (last name might be wrong) was the list manager, but I haven't seen her on here for a *LONG* time. Not sure how you go about getting a new list manager if the old one drops out of sight, dies, etc..... V/R Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Sprowls <ruthsprowls@windstream.net> To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Sep 27, 2010 12:02 pm Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] (no subject) spam Marge, I also delete them. That same "person" sent the message twice and I was wondering IF we have a list mgr. to block that email address, so no further messages come thru. tx, Ruth ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It's up to Rootsweb to replace a list admin, not to the listmembers. As long as a list admin responds to RW's and has a valid email address they are not likely to replace anyone. These spam emails are a reoccurring and very commonplace issue--we talk about it all the time on the listowners list. Rootsweb will block spam or an email that is not subscribed to a list but this time someone who's email is probably legitimately subscribed to this list is basically highjacked and sends out spam emails to every email listed in their address book. The person who's email that came from probably had no idea this was happening. About the only thing an admin can do is to put an email addy on moderate and check their postings when they come through to make sure it's not spam. Best thing for listmembers to do is delete and not respond - definitely do not repost the original email back to the list again. I'm sure Carol is reading the messages. Kathi Jones-Hudson MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/maryland.html

What has happened is someone has hacked into Opessa Town's email and is sending spam to everyone in their address book. Do not click on the link - it is most likely malicious or inappropriate content. Delete it.