As one moderator to another, Chris, I think you're doing one helluva Ferret Forum is , for the most part run 100% automatic. Once a post is echoed to other nodes, it's pretty much undeleteable there. For now, I do have the small security of knowing that the poster's ID is valid, but that may change with the growth of the Forum and it's spread to other systems and nets. I haven'y yet figured out what to do about anon's when we venture into ferret free zones later this year. You seem to have that problem solved. Congrats on a fine job. A copy of our latest GCFA newsletter it(s on it's way... Colin- as of last count, there are five states that outlaw ferret-keeping. California Michigan, Massechusetts, New Hampshire, Utah and Hawaii. DC is also a FFZ as are several other municipalities. Michigan may be changing it's tune later this year... I also hear that Texas and Arizona had rather short-lived attempts at banning out favorite critters. I'd like to cast my vote for a 'rec.pets.ferrets' newsgroup. [We're not voting for one. Are we?] | Greater Chgo Ferret Association 2914 Belmont Av | Tribble, Heidi & Sneakers | P.O. Box 7093 Westchester IL Chgo,IL 60618 +------Ferrets All----------+ 60154-7093 (708) 964-4232 [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 0337]