Diane ,,,, no one is deliberately messing around with the list mail ,,,, that is the result of the latest BadTrans virus at work. In a nut shell, the virus "Answers" unread email in an infected machine's Inbox and the owner of said machine does not know it is happening. Your message to the infected person failed because of the _ in front of the address, the _ and any space must be removed before you can contact the person. ( the _ was put there by the virus to prevent you from "Replying" to the person) Bob Hays [email protected] Richardson List & Board Owner _________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Bryant" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [RICHARDSON] Read subject lines carefully > List, someone is playing around with rootsweb list members! Not only are > people on the Richardson-L list getting these messages but some of us who > are on the SCHORRY-L list are receiving infected attachments as well. > > I received a message from someone named Jerri Lynne with Re:[SCHORRY-L > RICHARDSON, Henry L in the subject line. At first glance you would think > that you had received a message from the list with information concerning > someone you have been researching. > > This is NOT from the list!! Someone is using rootsweb lists, however, to > gain access to names and addresses of list members as well as the name of > who they are researching. > > There was no info in the body but this message had two attachments (in my > email as well as other list members): > > ME.NUDE.MP3.SCR > text5.txt > > I did not open the attachments. I emailed this "Jerri Lynne" at the address > provided <[email protected]> and immediately received a "failure to > deliver" notice from the postmaster due to the fact that this address is not > in any directory. > > Someone is playing around with rootsweb mailing list information. It is > wise to read the "sender" and "subject" lines carefully and to not open any > attachments unless you are absolutely sure of and trust the source. > > Diane > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== > To use the Richardson Query Board: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/ric/Richardson > To review Archived messages: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L >