Grok Mogger writes: > I could easily bombard whomever I wanted with email from my Linux box > sitting right here without the need for a valid "mail account" on a > "mail" server or anything of the like. That's right, isn't it? No. You have a valid "mail account" on a "mail server": your own machine. You also have an agreement with your ISP for them to forward your outgoing mail for you. -- John Hasler