For anyone interested.. the spam has totally died down. As I was writing my query to this list a few days ago, I thought of the test site as maybe being a culprit. I upgraded it to 4.0. Seems like that worked. ?? Thanks Annamarie Pluhar Pluhar Consulting http://www.pluharconsulting.com 802.451.1941 802.579.5975 (cell)