Angela, does or does not Rootsweb accept Attachments? Carole Williams

For Carole and any others who may be wondering and debating, this is direct from Rootsweb's Help Desk: RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and attachments are not allowed. A virus that is distributed as an attachment will not reach you through a RootsWeb mailing list. A recent virus, and several imitations of it, may result in your receiving an e-mail (or a greeting card) with a virus attached, that appears to come from RootsWeb or from an address you are familiar with. Some virus will send a message to all the unread messages in the infected person's mailbox folders, with the virus attached. It may include the original message followed by instructions to look at the attachment. Another will use addresses found in the infected person's address book. They send messages using a forged address (for instance, using RootsWeb or the infected person in the return address). The subject line and message may indicate it is in response to a message you sent, making it even more credible. While it may appear to come from RootsWeb, that is only an illusion of the virus -- our address and the subject line is a forgery.

No Carole, attachments cannot pass through RootsWeb's lists. Sandy's email was correct in the article that is posted at RootsWeb's help desk. This virus is really making its rounds so just be careful! But no, you won't get it from a maillist itself. Best Regards, Angela Kneller ----- Original Message ----- From: The Williams' To: OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 2:42 PM Subject: [OHPerry] Question re Rootsweb Angela, does or does not Rootsweb accept Attachments? Carole Williams ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from OHPERRY-L, send mail to OHPERRY-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To unsubscribe from OHPERRY-D, do the same thing with OHPERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com.

Rootweb does not accept attachments. However, these viruses are passed direct to people who sent the messages. It does not go to the mailing list. Thus, the rule about Rootsweb not accepting attachments does not apply since it is not going to the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Williams'" <williams@sunet.net> To: <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 2:42 PM Subject: [OHPerry] Question re Rootsweb > Angela, does or does not Rootsweb accept Attachments? > > Carole Williams > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from OHPERRY-L, send mail to OHPERRY-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To unsubscribe from OHPERRY-D, do the same thing with OHPERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com. >