This is spam! On Apr 12, 2013, at 12:00 AM, vtfrankl-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Hi!! (Peter & Janice Lodge) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:43:04 +1200 (NZST) > From: Peter & Janice Lodge <pete.lodge@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: [VTFRA] Hi!! > To: townclerk@townofwoodstock.com, traceymay@value.net.nz, > dblshoted@yahoo.com.au, troy@tax.state.vt.us, vt721@sccoast.net, > ulysse.gilberte@sympatico.ca, VERMONT-L@rootsweb.com, > VAlbu@comcast.net, VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <1365687784.71688.BPMail_high_noncarrier@web96005.mail.aue.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > http://www.sapreporting.com/qeq/aldnsv6nb8rqm.2qxakt2e4r6bs1u87wdm?3dkmyn > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the VTFRANKL list administrator, send an email to > VTFRANKL-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the VTFRANKL mailing list, send an email to VTFRANKL@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VTFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of VTFRANKL Digest, Vol 8, Issue 1 > **************************************

On 4/12/2013 11:42 AM, someone wrote: > This is spam! > > On Apr 12, 2013, at 12:00 AM, vtfrankl-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Hi!! (Peter & Janice Lodge) ******* DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE IN ANY WAY THAT SENDS YOUR REPLY TO THE LIST! ******* There are two things seriously wrong with this post. First, that the message listed in the Digest is spam is obvious. RootsWeb subscribers are responsible for paying attention to what they receive and acting accordingly. Messages that are unexpected, contain nothing but a link (or maybe a little bit of generic text) and the usual added footers, are clearly and unquestionably spam. Such things require only that they be deleted UNREAD and be forgotten. Never, ever, click a link in such a message. RootsWeb has not found a way to filter these things without blocking legitimate posts, so it's up to us. When someone feels it necessary to inform the list that spam has been received, it just adds clutter to the list. This is against the list rules, which may be found at <http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm> and which were included in your Welcome message from the list. See Rule #3. I have added this link to message footers for the list, which nobody ever seems to read :( but there it is. Second, the post in question quoted the entire Digest. This included the malicious link in the original spam. So now there is another copy in the archives. (Replies to Digests should ALWAYS change the subject line and clean out all the stuff that is repetitive and uninformative.) Nobody is being moderated and banned for now (except I had *already* moderated the compromised subscriber), but please let's let this one die the death it deserves. Back to genealogy. Darrell list administrator