[Chevy454]

Currently, you *must* be logged in to view profiles...a lot of those anonymous users are "search bots" (the ones on now are specifically Yahoo bots)...how they're seeing the profiles I don't know, but I'm finding out.

Also, unless you've manually changed the way your "public" email address is viewed by the public, then you should be safe from these bots...when you register, if you select to show your email addy to the public, the forum software automatically sticks in _removemefirst in your email syntax (look @ my profile) so the email becomes invalid to the bots/spamware, but users can easily see to take out that part before sending an email...or at least that's how it's *supposed* to work, as one of my regular questions is "why can't I email so & so, or my email address is wrong"...!