Sukie writes >Important note: it appears that anything that is associated in the lists >with the names "Acme" and "Howard or Anne Davis" now link directly into a >very overt porn site When registrations for domain names expire, the names are often snapped up by porn sites to increase their traffic. Sometimes the name is snapped up by speculators who hold it hostage. This is an increasing problem especially for non-profit organizations. Businesses with trade names can appeal to have their domain names protected. If there is no trademark involved, buying back the name can be expensive, if it can be retrieved at all. See http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,48903,00.html This is not ferret related, but it is a warning to those with ferret related sites under registered names to be sure to not let their registration lapse! Linda Iroff Oberlin OH [Posted in FML issue 3629]