Agreed... Guest postings are also a part of the problems here at mudcat of late.... Not so much the rare Guest that wanders in and posts, but I suspect it's the "Member", hiding behind the Guest moniker so they can sling crap, that is a MUCH bigger issue.... you know... cowards....

Just about every other messageboard online worth its salt requires a 'membership' to post (The most rigorous require an ISP email addy to be able to register)

Let Guests read... but make 'em join before they can post.....

(I suspect our software here doesn't have that ability though)