While it's not a perfect solution, many of us in the KYGenWeb Project have been using the Email Registry for well over a year now. The Registry was originally started by Nancy Trice, the former SC of the KYGenWeb Project. The original purpose was to make it easier on the CCs and archivists when someone changed their email address and requested that it be changed on the files they'd submitted to any of the projects. The "short and sweet" explanation is that everyone that participates will receive a registry ID number (a coded link) that you'll use on files that you submit or on webpages instead of putting your email address directly on them. The ID number is linked to your email address on the registry page, but all other pages are linked to the registry page. That way, if an email address needs to be updated, there's only the one page (the registry site) that has to be updated and all of the places that you've used the Registry ID code are automatically updated because they're linked to the original. One of the other benefits of the Registry is that many of us have seen a definite drop in the amount of spam that we're receiving since there's only the one place to harvest the email address. You can find out more about the Registry at http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/. Anyone is eligible to participate... CCs and archivists can also request Registry IDs for others that are submitting files to their sites. To actually see the Registry in action, click on my Registry ID below. Sherri Hall SC, KYGenWeb My Registry ID is http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000051 ************************************ Earlier today Carol wrote: If you don't want people to "hide-out" from the crap associated with having an email address on your mail pages (easily collected from the spam robots) then perhaps you could come up with a solution, such as using graphics with links instead of email addresses for everyone.