[Richard T. Eger]

Dear All,

I thank you for your good wishes and offers of support. I have regained control of the site's control panel, a big plus. Andreas, if we can't get control of the spam issue, I may take you up on your offer. Are you at all familiar with MySQL databases?

I was advised to increase the tightness of the security with the site's Spam Assassin software. This I have done. However, if I understand how it works, this likely will be ineffective, as the spammer now never appears to use the same e-mail address twice, something I think Spam Assassin relies upon to be effective.

Right now, I've been advised to just wait a bit to see if, indeed, Spam Assassin will actually work. So, this I will do. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., a good day to take a break.

Regards,
Richard