A Message board for bookshare will be as secure as the rest of the site. As Benetech has some serious intellectual property to protect, expect site security to be top notch. Only subscribers/volunteers will be able to access it, and search engines will never be able to see it. Guido Guido Dante Corona IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx. Research Division, Phone: 512. 838. 9735. Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.ibm.com/able "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx> Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 12/30/2004 11:37 PM Please respond to bksvol-discuss To <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject [bksvol-discuss] Re: message boards/forums I would worry about security on message boards or in forums. We might squabble sometimes on this list, but people who are not subscribed to it can't read our messages very easily. I know hackers can get almost anywhere, but I feel safer with my email in outlook express. Sue S.