Craig If you subscribe to "joel on software" his latest column contains some good points on forum dynamics and control. apparently what he does is deleate the thread except for the original poster thus the problem fades into obscurity without triggering the repost problem. He also commented negatively on keeping active posts up as they will then drive the forum unfairly. Anyway The last go round was a good example of how one misguided individual can disrupt a fine operation. I do not see any advantage to enforced registeration and have made my views on moderation known before. Terry