len garden wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>> Ah. Well, trying to get information from len reminds me of an old
>> saying about "hen's teeth." He kept mentioning his web host, so one
>> could only assume it had something to do with .. um .. his web host.
>
> sad that you see it that way my friend, if you read my posts
> carefully i have been consistant and as forthright as i can be with
> my knowledge, we are not all blessed with computer whiz kid talents.

Well, you see I had asked several questions where the answers might help
solve your problem, and you left them unanswered.

I wouldn't call me a whiz *kid*... being well into retirement and all.

> and in short yes it is my web hosts involvement as they don't filter
> spam, and i did say the i used this address only in gen' forums, and
> we all know the forums live on benefits from you e/m addy being
> spammed ot that's how i see it especially the money grabber forum as
> was mentioned in anotehr post.

It's not the forums causing the problem; it is the fact that you
published a working email address that appears on web pages, where the
spammers' bots (that's a robot program...) that scan all web pages found
it and added it to their list.

> so if i cancel my membership will the spam stop?

Cancel membership in geneology forums? No it will not stop; your email
address has already been harvested and is now on spammers' lists for a
very long time.

>> Len also has a Guestbook on his web site. My opinion of them is that
>> they are a spammer's best friend, where they can harvest all those
>> hundreds of email addresses posted by the unsuspecting newbie.
>
> i have had that guest book for 10 years it is connected to the addy
> that gets no spam, so the guest book plays no part in my current
> problem.

That was not the point. Your posting *guests* are leaving their own
email address in your guestbook, where *they* are being harvested by the
spam bots. That has nothing to do with your own personal spam problem.
It just creates spam problems for the unsuspecting posters.

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