It will slow down the flamers. who would want to go and fill out a form and type in an email just to flame, they'd give up. the Free email address are rampant, but slow people down. registered names will not eliminate flamers, just reduce them, and then is a name is registered only that person can use it, so we know who it is. The sign-on could only be once and send a cookie to the computer so only once to log in (like how those email places remember you) If you need an example of a smooth running forum, go here Hope this helps