G'day Paul. I'm getting back to you about automatically logging people on at registration-time. Rather than setting the __ac_passwprd and _name form variables, try setting the __ac cookie directly. See MemberFolder, starting at line 278 or 333. -- Mike Pelletier email: mike@digicool.com Mild mannered software developer icq: 7127228 by day, super villain by night. phone: 519-884-2434