>> I am going to be removing myself from all mailing lists. >> I just ran a virus scan and discovered several new >> viruses on my computer. I am already emailing several >> of you through our personal email addresses. If you >> find or feel that we may have a family link - I would >> prefer we email on a personal basis rather than through >> the list. > Sorry that you feel you have to leave the list. Our > Rootsweb mailing lists are checked for viruses and > spam mail before the email is passed on to the list. > None of us has ever received a virus from the list. No > attachments are allowed by Rootsweb to be > sent to the list. Virginia, I would add to the remarks Sue has made, above, that you are almost certainly acquiring these viruses through other e-mail correspondence, usually from people you know and whose e-mail address books list you as a correspondent. Many of the current crop of viruses prey upon the e-mail program's address book and mail themselves to people in the address book without the infected computer's owner ever knowing about it. And if your system is unprotected, the virus will use your system to email itself to the people in YOUR address book (again, without your knowing about it), thus completing its vicious circle. There is only one way to guarantee yourself maximum protection against viruses; get a good anti-virus program and use it. One of the best is Norton Ant-Virus. The current version costs less than $30.00 at Staples Office Supply. It automatically updates its virus definitions, intercepts infected emails, programs and documents and more. A much nicer alternative than cutting off communication with those you'd like to correspond with . . . Regards, Byron byron.bray@cmug.com