Hi Allen, Good point. Many junk email links look like that. My point is that if very pertinent and on-topic text is found surrounds the link, one should be able to trust the link. In this case: "Many Welsh PRs have just been added on-line... See the lists for coverage, though note there may be some gaps in the years... *Glascwm & Colfa* are both on there." Many popular websites these days have shortcut link sites: bit.ly (very popular shortcut site), tidd.ly (Twitter short cut site, I believe), goo.gl (Google short cut site), etc. People should certainly not have to know all of these short-cut sites, so examining the text around them is important. Steve -----Original Message----- From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Allan & Liz Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:04 PM To: powys@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [POWYS] online parish registers Hi Steve That's what spam websites look like, so its a dangerous habit to use shortcuts that look like tht. It's better just to present the real web site then there's not confusion. I get junk emails regularly that look like that, so I just delete them for safety. Allan On 13/07/2012 9:35 AM, Steve Williams wrote: > No, it is not a SPAM address. It is a short-cut link to a > http://www.findmypast.co.uk page. When you examine the text around > the link, you will discover that it is legitimate. A Spammer will not > bother to obtain that kind of detailed or specific information. > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Allan & Liz > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 4:19 PM > To: powys@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [POWYS] online parish registers > Importance: High > > All Members > > The web site below looks like a SPAM web address - please don't open > > Allan > > On 13/07/2012 4:05 AM, David wrote: >> Many Welsh PRs have just been added on-line (index and original image): >> >> http://tidd.ly/958288d3 >> >> See the lists for coverage, though note there may be some gaps in the >> years. >> >> Glascwm & Colfa are both on there. >> >> >> David >> >> On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 16:50 +0100, DAVID JONES wrote: >>> Could any one advise if I can find parish registers on line for St >>> Davids COLVA/COLFA & Glascwm/Glascombe Please =================== >>> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: >>> www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> =================== >> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: >> www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: > www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: > www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Steve I agree that examining the text can help but some spammers duplicate legitimate data. Most spammers though are illiterate and can't string two words together, that alone a sentience. Allan On 13/07/2012 10:42 AM, Steve Williams wrote: > Hi Allen, > > Good point. Many junk email links look like that. > > My point is that if very pertinent and on-topic text is found surrounds > the link, one should be able to trust the link. In this case: > "Many Welsh PRs have just been added on-line... See the lists for > coverage, though note there may be some gaps in the years... *Glascwm & > Colfa* are both on there." > > Many popular websites these days have shortcut link sites: bit.ly (very > popular shortcut site), tidd.ly (Twitter short cut site, I believe), > goo.gl (Google short cut site), etc. People should certainly not have to > know all of these short-cut sites, so examining the text around them is > important. > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Allan & Liz > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:04 PM > To: powys@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [POWYS] online parish registers > > Hi Steve > > That's what spam websites look like, so its a dangerous habit to use > shortcuts that look like tht. It's better just to present the real web > site then there's not confusion. > I get junk emails regularly that look like that, so I just delete them for > safety. > > Allan > > On 13/07/2012 9:35 AM, Steve Williams wrote: >> No, it is not a SPAM address. It is a short-cut link to a >> http://www.findmypast.co.uk page. When you examine the text around >> the link, you will discover that it is legitimate. A Spammer will not >> bother to obtain that kind of detailed or specific information. >> >> Steve >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: powys-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:powys-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Allan & Liz >> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 4:19 PM >> To: powys@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [POWYS] online parish registers >> Importance: High >> >> All Members >> >> The web site below looks like a SPAM web address - please don't open >> >> Allan >> >> On 13/07/2012 4:05 AM, David wrote: >>> Many Welsh PRs have just been added on-line (index and original image): >>> >>> http://tidd.ly/958288d3 >>> >>> See the lists for coverage, though note there may be some gaps in the >>> years. >>> >>> Glascwm & Colfa are both on there. >>> >>> >>> David >>> >>> On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 16:50 +0100, DAVID JONES wrote: >>>> Could any one advise if I can find parish registers on line for St >>>> Davids COLVA/COLFA & Glascwm/Glascombe Please =================== >>>> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: >>>> www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> =================== >>> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: >>> www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> =================== >> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: >> www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> =================== >> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: >> www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2011.co.uk/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >