Thanks for posting folks... it's worked out now. @Wadus: It's not so much annoyance at the ebots as the sheer volume of ebot spam I get. Some days, when I've been really active in the forums, I can get as many as 150 ebot messages that I can usually sum up by just checking on the threads upon which I've been very active. Also, it IS a bit of annoyance when I go on a net vacation ( meaning, the times when I get away from the net for a week or so ) and come back to find 700 - 800 messages waiting. It would be nice if there was a way to disable all ebot messages and re-enable later, but as I understand it, the coder's overworked as it is. Regards, Paul