It was on hold but I have changed to discard. Thanks Wendy Hugh Moderator On 18 August 2016 at 17:55, Wendy Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > Rootsweb has been undertaking some MAJOR maintenance on its servers > recently. As a result, some list settings that used to prevent spam going > to lists was inadvertently changed - and at the same time, the list owners > (volunteers who administer the lists for Rootsweb) were not able to get > into the tools to make any changes themselves. Many lists have been hit by > spam as a result. It's been a nightmare, with a huge increase of traffic > on the Listowner's mailing list as we all try to deal to it. (I administer > several lists, not this one.) > > Just today (NZ time), list owners have been able to get into their list > tools again. Yay! I'm sure Hugh (our own list owner here on the New > Zealand list) will go and do what needs to be done as soon as he's able. > > (Hugh - it's Privacy Options > Sender Filters > then choose Hold or > Discard as is appropriate for you - it may have been changed from what you > had set before. I prefer Discard so I never see them, but many use Hold > when their list is gatewayed with a board.) > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Wendy > > > Allan Taylor wrote on 15/08/2016 23:16: > >> This list has been compromised by SPAM. It looks like you need better >> prot3ction >> >