I suspect a few spam items do get through, although most lists I am on are filtered and/or closed. Also, many postings deal with names that are connected to the West name in some way. I have something like 2000 different surnames connected to my West family name, and I assume most of us have the same situation. If I listed just the name of "Butler", for example, without making the West connection clear, it would confuse some folks. Perhaps we could be cleared by stating at the beginning what West name we are connecting with. Joan