At 10:10 PM 10/15/2002 -0500, "Carol" <wygenweb@ipa.net> wrote: >Most anti-spam literature recommends hiding email addresses on websites. It >should be common practice for the USGenWEb websites since we are so often, >so completely, and aggressively targeted for harvesting. Here's a webpage >that gives some other suggestions. I will point out that 90% of the spam and virus-laden e-mail that I receive is addressed to al@usgenweb.org However, even if the Who's Who page is changed, we've used this address on every county page -- it will take a long time until it disappears from every page. My tried-n-true method for contact info is to set up a MailMerge script. No e-mail address is exposed at all. Leigh

LOL... that's great for those that know how to set up mail merge... afraid every time I try to do it tho I get so confused I give up. ;-) nt My tried-n-true method for contact info is to set up a MailMerge script. No e-mail address is exposed at all. Leigh

Hi folks, Guess that I don't understand the problem. If I want to send a comment to the SC or ASC of Mississippi, for example, I expect to go to the USGenWeb main page or to the MSGenWeb main page to find their addresses. My problems with spam is not related to any of the nine USGenWeb pages, the three "volunteer" pages, or my "commercial" page that I host. It is with the pages that I visit, the three major political parties, my banks, my broker, and the companies from whom I purchase products "online, etc. ...all selling their lists (with full disclosure for what that is worth). And my military service back in the early sixties was as a cryptographer, constantly trying to break the enemies code and I can assure you that the modern day hackers and harvesters are constantly breaking any coded data on the internet just as we did and with the same mathematical techniques. So again, it seems to me that if we want to hold ourselves out to the public as genealogical service providers, we have to take our chances and individually protect ourselves. Should Pam be our cryptographer? My opinion is no. Regards, Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Elsi <elsi@augustmail.com> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Who's Who - SC page > At 10:10 PM 10/15/2002 -0500, "Carol" <wygenweb@ipa.net> wrote: > >Most anti-spam literature recommends hiding email addresses on websites. It > >should be common practice for the USGenWEb websites since we are so often, > >so completely, and aggressively targeted for harvesting. Here's a webpage > >that gives some other suggestions. > > I will point out that 90% of the spam and virus-laden e-mail that I receive > is addressed to al@usgenweb.org > > However, even if the Who's Who page is changed, we've used this address on > every county page -- it will take a long time until it disappears from > every page. > > My tried-n-true method for contact info is to set up a MailMerge script. > No e-mail address is exposed at all. > > Leigh > >