------------------------------------------------------------------ FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 14-Nov-98 16:22 Subject: Fw: Where is everyone? From: "R Curtis" RobCurtis@prodigy.net ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- > Date: Saturday, November 14, 1998 10:13:23 > From: SURNAME-QUERY Listowner > To: SURNAME-QUERY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Where is everyone? > > At 12:06 PM 11/14/98 , GCDEDA1@aol.com wrote: > > > >Hi Bee, I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels lonely, where is > >everyone? > >Carolyn > > RootsWeb is apparently still having problems. The crash of the > Internet backbone last weekend, coupled with a SPAMMER attack at the > beginning of the week, has caused some serious problems at RootsWeb. I > don't know how much longer it's going to be before everything is put in > order, but hopefully it will be this weekend. > > In addition to the two problems mentioned above, several ISPs have > decided that since hundreds of identical messages are being sent to > users of their respective servers, they MUST be SPAM. Accordingly, > they decided to block all email from RootsWeb, letting their dumb > robots decide that fact. The folks at RootsWeb have been working > feverishly to convince the owners of these errant servers that RootsWeb > email is NOT SPAM. I think this problem has mostly been solved by now. > At least, we hope so. BTW, WebTV was the biggest trouble maker. You > should see the hundreds of servers they have "identified" as being SPAM > generators, RootsWeb among them. The list included ANY server that > handled mailing lists, discussion groups, etc., where multiple copies > of email were generated. > > SgtGeorge > Listowner > > ==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== !^NavFont02F05C20007NGHHLC49C89