As most of you are aware by now, our CARROLL Family Discussion
List was one of a number of Family Discussion Lists hit by a
particularly obscene SPAMMER. According to our good friend,
Tim Pierce, of RootsWeb, in a message to Listowners just before
midnight yesterday the organization responsible was:
K.W. Consulting Enterprises, Inc. (SEXPROJECT-COM)
1402 J.F.K. Causway
Miami, FL 33141
US
In general, most of these spammers are operating within
the law - just barely.
As most of you realize I, as Listowner, have very little
more power or tools to deal with these situations than any
of you. I pay the sponsor fees, work the administrative
problems of the List and that about sums it up. I do
perhaps have a more direct connection to the RootsWeb staff
but they are already doing everything in their power to
eliminate this kind of crap.
Several times over the past several months, I have suggested/
requested that individuals refrain from contacting spammers
because it frequently puts them as individuals and the Lists
they are subscribed to at risk and may just increase the pain
we all feel when these things happen. Further, forwarding the
SPAM message to the List just increases the SPAMMERS exposure,
which is exactly what they are looking for in the first place.
In the future, I will again ask that you refrain from responding
directly to the SPAMMERS. Do NOT, and I repeat, do NOT forward
SPAM messages to the List.
I monitor messages to the List on a daily basis, usually checking
several times every day and reading each message. I will most
likely see and read a SPAM message fairly soon after it hits and
will then be in contact with the RootsWeb staff who will try to
block FURTHER garbage from that source.
KEEP IN MIND - SPAM can come from any source, at any time until
we have national legislation that limits it. We are in a reactive
mode.
That, my good CARROLL cousins, is the situation as I see it.
Cal Phillips, Listowner (married to a CARROLL Lady)
phillipscalvin(a)prodigy.net