From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jan 29 09:42:19 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0TGgJtK028043; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:42:19 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0TGfqOn018658 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:41:52 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0TEDxFI018144 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:13:59 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k0TEDxde018143 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:13:59 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0T3NSFI002132 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:23:28 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k0T5p9QR016077 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:51:09 -0700 X-Envelope-From: djwdjw@ix.netcom.com Sat Jan 28 22:51:09 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0T5p9tK016068 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:51:09 -0700 Received: from pop05.mail.atl.earthlink.net (pop05.mail.atl.earthlink.net [207.69.200.58]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0T5p8pq019291 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:51:09 -0700 Received: from dialup-4.158.129.118.dial1.chicago1.level3.net ([4.158.129.118] helo=S0029330476) by pop05.mail.atl.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1F35Su-0005cN-00; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:51:08 -0500 Message-ID: <003201c62497$fc980280$20819e04@S0029330476> From: "djweber" To: Cc: References: <200601281500.k0SF0SKX009124@lists5.rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:50:19 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Margaret Scheffler's thoughts on blocking messages A genealogist who blocks mail is not a genealogist!!! Rarely is a genealogical question answered by return mail. Often the questioning message is found in an archival search and a answer is sent weeks, months, years later. I have received messages up to ten years after the original on-line question. I completely agree with Margaret Scheffler's annoyance when the attempt to contact an individual to offer potential information is stopped, or temporarily stopped, by a personal anti-Spam program in effect. Most ISPs today offer Spam Blocking as part of their service and the degree of that blocking may be established by the individual. A response to Margaret has incorrectly identified EarthLink's Spam Blocking methods in an attempt to justify an unnecessary second, personal program. My ISP is also part of EarthLink and set on Medium, the EarthLink Spam Blocker stops several hundred pieces of Spam each day allowing only a handful to trickle through while it allows all the genealogical information to arrive at my inbox. If you are a genealogist you want to be able to receive any information which may aid you in your search. You do not want to set any block in the way of an answer to your needs. Agreed Spam is annoying. In truth, it is more than annoying but proper use of the ISP service and a sound understanding of Spam with its type of subject lines, its made up sender names, its subject misspellings and, if available through your e-mail service, the ability to read mail through Properties Spam can be eliminated from your computer, unopened, without any need of a secondary, private Spam service which suggests the denial of your interest in a genealogical return to your question. djweber djwdjw@ix.netcom.com