This may have been mentioned, if so please ignore. There was an interesting article in Thursday's Wall Street Journal calling for the end of anonymous communications on the Internet. It is on page B1 under the "Personal Technology" column and was written by Walter Mossberg (mossberg@wsj.com) who invites comment. Just a couple of quotes: "When forums operate under the cloak of anonymity, it's no differenct from printing a newpaper in which the bylines are admittedly fake, and the letters to the editor are untraceable." and "It <anonymous communications> makes it easier to spread wild conspiracy theories, smear people, conduct financial scams or victimize others sexually." He goes on to discuss the other two BIG problems on the Internet, those being "Incivility" (flaming for breach of netiquette) and "Censorship" (cancelling of spams). Dale H.