I read the massage form " ... my little niece" and felt the same way you did. But I rather put up with it than censor the net. Look how many more clean messages there are. Out of about 6000 postings I only saw that one dirty piece of mail. Any way, I responded to him with: "about your niece: why don't you ask your mother and father. They may have a clue." Not very nice ey? Which brings me to your other question. Right after I posted the responce and saw my name next to it I felt pretty dumb. why broadcast my real name for wierdos. A nick name or even Email address is OK with me. So I went back I figured out how to remove the message (I think). I hope I did it in time. If you have a Netscape brouser there is a way to send messages anonymously. In the WINDOWS menu (top right on the tool bar for a Mac) there is an item called something like NEWS PREFERENCES. Select IDENTITY there and change your name and or user name to a nickname. Happy surfing. But be careful.