I had a few requests for information on stopping dictionary attacks so I published it on my site: http://www.anguillaguide.com/article/articleview/3420 The script is working very well and has reduced the amount of spam reaching the server (not the user) enormously. It would have been rejected anyway but the constant attempts waste resources so automatically banning the hosts is very effective. -- Chris Mason NetConcepts (264) 497-5670 Fax: (264) 497-8463 Int: (305) 704-7249 Fax: (815)301-9759 UK 44.207.183.0271 Cell: 264-235-5670 Yahoo IM: netconcepts_anguilla@xxxxxxxxx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.