I am a list admin of several other lists and I can tell you that blocking another listmember is (a) pointless and (b) could be a prelude to you getting bounced off the list. Think of RW as an email clearinghouse. We send our messages to them, they in turn send them out to everyone subscribed to the list. Although it may look to you that you are being emailed by JoeBlow@unknownisp.com you are being emailed by Rootsweb. So blocking another listmember won't stop you getting email when they post a message to the list, since it isn't "them" who is sending the email to you, they are only sending to Rootsweb who in turn basically forwards it to you. Some ISP's, especially AOL, will bounce your email if you are blocking another member. You'll have no idea you aren't getting mail until the bounces reach the number specified by the admin (3 or 4) and then you'll be automatically removed from the list. And on an active list this can happen really fast. Rootsweb recommends (1) delete and forget, never click on any suspicious link (my anti-virus program immediately recognized that link as potentially harmful and told me so), (2) tell the list admin there's an issue but don't forward the original email back to the list (3) complain to the Help Desk. Spam and other garbage is part of email internet life - you don't see what RW does catch and block, it's amazing how much garbage gets sent to lists that fortunately never makes it past the spam blockers. Kathi Jones-Hudson MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/maryland.html --- On Mon, 9/27/10, Dick Crow <rw.crow@myfairpoint.net> wrote: > From: Dick Crow <rw.crow@myfairpoint.net> > Subject: [MDALLEGA] Emails from Opessatown > To: MDALLEGA@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 1:46 PM > If you are using Outlook Express you > can go the MESSAGE tab on the tool bar and scroll down to > BLOCK Sender and this will remove the email and also block > future emails from this email address. > > I presume the same action can be used if you are using > Microsoft Outlook. > > > Dick Crow > "The Ole Crow" > Retired and enjoying it! > > "Fair Winds and Following Seas." > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Kathi, Thank you for this help. I mailed mine to Harriett Moore because I couldn't forward it to anybody. Who is the list administrator's email and phone? Where is the help desk for this particular site. Judy -----Original Message----- From: mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kathi Jones-Hudson Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 6:22 PM To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Emails from Opessatown I am a list admin of several other lists and I can tell you that blocking another listmember is (a) pointless and (b) could be a prelude to you getting bounced off the list. Think of RW as an email clearinghouse. We send our messages to them, they in turn send them out to everyone subscribed to the list. Although it may look to you that you are being emailed by JoeBlow@unknownisp.com you are being emailed by Rootsweb. So blocking another listmember won't stop you getting email when they post a message to the list, since it isn't "them" who is sending the email to you, they are only sending to Rootsweb who in turn basically forwards it to you. Some ISP's, especially AOL, will bounce your email if you are blocking another member. You'll have no idea you aren't getting mail until the bounces reach the number specified by the admin (3 or 4) and then you'll be automatically removed from the list. And on an active list this can happen really fast. Rootsweb recommends (1) delete and forget, never click on any suspicious link (my anti-virus program immediately recognized that link as potentially harmful and told me so), (2) tell the list admin there's an issue but don't forward the original email back to the list (3) complain to the Help Desk. Spam and other garbage is part of email internet life - you don't see what RW does catch and block, it's amazing how much garbage gets sent to lists that fortunately never makes it past the spam blockers. Kathi Jones-Hudson MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/maryland.html --- On Mon, 9/27/10, Dick Crow <rw.crow@myfairpoint.net> wrote: > From: Dick Crow <rw.crow@myfairpoint.net> > Subject: [MDALLEGA] Emails from Opessatown > To: MDALLEGA@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 1:46 PM > If you are using Outlook Express you > can go the MESSAGE tab on the tool bar and scroll down to > BLOCK Sender and this will remove the email and also block > future emails from this email address. > > I presume the same action can be used if you are using > Microsoft Outlook. > > > Dick Crow > "The Ole Crow" > Retired and enjoying it! > > "Fair Winds and Following Seas." > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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

Judy: All list admin's have an email via Rootsweb: XXX-admin@rootsweb.com. XXX=name of list so for this list it's: MDALLEGA-admin@rootsweb.com This isn't a site - it's a list and you have to contact someone at RW and the Help Desk is hard to find (used ot be easy but hard to find now). Anyway here's the url: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/form1.html You'd want to click on 'contact us' and a form comes up to fill in. Is Harriet Moore Allegany Gen Society? It's housed in MDGenWeb but has no connection to this list. Kathi Jones-Hudson MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/maryland.html --- On Tue, 9/28/10, Judy Lantz <jrlan@verizon.net> wrote: > From: Judy Lantz <jrlan@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Emails from Opessatown > To: mdallega@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 6:10 PM > Kathi, > Thank you for this help.  I mailed mine to Harriett > Moore because I couldn't > forward it to anybody.  Who is the list > administrator's email and phone? > Where is the help desk for this particular site. > > Judy