Dear Kathy, Is lactnet protected by a firewall? My understanding of the situation is that unless so any hacker could get in and use the list addresses. Just a thought don't claim to be expert on the subject. I may have got one of these emails during the week, didn't really look, just detleted. Kind Regards Mandy O'Reilly *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html