All... I started a new project called, "The Registry" last Spring. This website registers the email address of anyone that wants to use it. The addy's are encrypted so are not easily harvested by the spammers. A few months ago I turned the daily handling of the addy registration over to Sherri Hall. I don't put email addy's on any of my webpages anymore, instead, showing folks Registry #. Anyone wanting to send an email to anyone listed on my pages can click on their name and will be taken directly to their listing at The Registry where clicking on their name will bring up the email popup. That's one of the nice things... the other is that if their addy changes they only have 1 place to have to change it to have it updated on the websites of any of us that use it, and as a webmaster, I don't have to look on a dozen different pages to find and correct an addy for one of my vols. For more info on The Registry start here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/ There is no direct link on any of the pages taking folks to the pages listing all the addys but anyone that knows about dir structure and naming patterns would have no trouble figuring out how to see who all is listed and I included a Pico Search so the site can be searched in several ways. It is updated daily. <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001. html#0000001">Nancy Trice</a> <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001. html#0000008">Linda Lewis</a> <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001. html#0000051">Sherri Hall</a> <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00004. html#0000802">Cynthia Fulcher</a> Look at the source on any of the pages. Naturally folks can't use this method to sub to or to post to any of the lists, however I have actually figured a way to use it on my KY-FOOTSTEPS mail list... list is used only for posting of source material... abstracts, transcriptions, etc... no queries. I always had newbies [and others] posting a query or folks sending unsub requests to the list instead of the server, so I now moderate the list and anyone sending anything to the list for the archives is asked to obtain a Registry # and to include it and their name on the record... for instance if Sherri submitted something I would show it this way: Submitted by: Sherri Hall http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0 000051 Then the data. In the case of my state and county pages, I didn't ask anyone to register in the beginning... I assigned a number for all of the Ky CCs and ACCs and my visitors on my county pages, put it on the page and then notified them of it. When they notify me of a change in addy I forward it to Sherri to correct there too. Many of them have begun using this on their pages instead of their addy. Sherri and I have not gone back thru the archives and changed folks addy's on the submissions but Sherri did change it on the Archives county index pages she handles so if the addy in the record is wrong folks can check the Registry #. In some cases folks have already updated their addy's. New submissions have this # on the .txt file instead of the addy. I think if more of the states used us the word would spread among our volunteers quicker and a lot of the bad addy problems would be corrected. ;-) I know it's definately been a big help to me on my pages... no more updating of addys all the time. <g> Oh... and you don't have to be a webmaster of a page to use it... individuals are invited to register their addy and then ask that it be used instead of their addy on any website where they register their surnames etc. Anyway... I invite everyone to take a look-see and to use The Registry if you wish. From my personal experience over the last year it has definately been a big help to me on all of my pages. Maybe it will help you too. Best, nt There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".

Thanks for explaining the Registry again, Nancy. Whenever a submitter asks to have their e-mail address changed, I recommend the Registry. It saves everyone time and if more cc's used it, visitors would automatically know to check the Registry for the person's name whose mail is bouncing - to see if they have a new e-mail address. http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/ Linda

I forgot I had signed up for this service last year. Three days ago I had the e-mail address in this account changed to a new Yahoo address never posted on any web site nor used for any purpose whatsoever. Today, I received SPAM from the Nigerians wanting to send me $24 Megabucks providing I sent them my bank account number so they could transfer the money. I will continue to monitor this account and report SPAM activity as it occurs. --- Nancy T R I C E <nt@vci.net> wrote: > All... I started a new project called, "The > Registry" last Spring. This website registers the > email address of anyone that wants to use it. The > addy's are encrypted so are not easily harvested > by the spammers. A few months ago I turned the > daily handling of the addy registration over to > Sherri Hall. > > I don't put email addy's on any of my webpages > anymore, instead, showing folks Registry #. > Anyone wanting to send an email to anyone listed > on my pages can click on their name and will be > taken directly to their listing at The Registry > where clicking on their name will bring up the > email popup. That's one of the nice things... the > other is that if their addy changes they only have > 1 place to have to change it to have it updated on > the websites of any of us that use it, and as a > webmaster, I don't have to look on a dozen > different pages to find and correct an addy for > one of my vols. For more info on The Registry > start here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/ > > There is no direct link on any of the pages taking > folks to the pages listing all the addys but > anyone that knows about dir structure and naming > patterns would have no trouble figuring out how to > see who all is listed and I included a Pico Search > so the site can be searched in several ways. It > is updated daily. > > <a > href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001. > html#0000001">Nancy Trice</a> > <a > href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001. > html#0000008">Linda Lewis</a> > <a > href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001. > html#0000051">Sherri Hall</a> > <a > href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00004. > html#0000802">Cynthia Fulcher</a> > > Look at the source on any of the pages. Naturally > folks can't use this method to sub to or to post > to any of the lists, however I have actually > figured a way to use it on my KY-FOOTSTEPS mail > list... list is used only for posting of source > material... abstracts, transcriptions, etc... no > queries. I always had newbies [and others] > posting a query or folks sending unsub requests to > the list instead of the server, so I now moderate > the list and anyone sending anything to the list > for the archives is asked to obtain a Registry # > and to include it and their name on the record... > for instance if Sherri submitted something I would > show it this way: > > Submitted by: Sherri Hall > http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0 > 000051 > > Then the data. > > > In the case of my state and county pages, I didn't > ask anyone to register in the beginning... I > assigned a number for all of the Ky CCs and ACCs > and my visitors on my county pages, put it on the > page and then notified them of it. When they > notify me of a change in addy I forward it to > Sherri to correct there too. Many of them have > begun using this on their pages instead of their > addy. > > Sherri and I have not gone back thru the archives > and changed folks addy's on the submissions but > Sherri did change it on the Archives county index > pages she handles so if the addy in the record is > wrong folks can check the Registry #. In some > cases folks have already updated their addy's. > New submissions have this # on the .txt file > instead of the addy. > > I think if more of the states used us the word > would spread among our volunteers quicker and a > lot of the bad addy problems would be corrected. > ;-) I know it's definately been a big help to me > on my pages... no more updating of addys all the > time. <g> Oh... and you don't have to be a > webmaster of a page to use it... individuals are > invited to register their addy and then ask that > it be used instead of their addy on any website > where they register their surnames etc. > > Anyway... I invite everyone to take a look-see and > to use The Registry if you wish. From my personal > experience over the last year it has definately > been a big help to me on all of my pages. Maybe > it will help you too. > > Best, > nt > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a very fine line between "hobby" and > "mental illness". > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com