Thank you, Mitch...

Ok, Gizmo, What is CAPTCHA and how does it work? Here is what I find in my cp and how I've set it up. How do these options help or hinder?

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FROM CP PRIMARY SETTINGS > GENERAL > ADVANCED:

URL Type:
If you would like your board to be indexed by search engine spiders, choose either spider-friendly URL option:

Normal URLs using Query Strings "yes"
Spider-friendly URLs using Paths
Short spider-friendly URLs

Use fake ".html" extensions for spider-friendly URLs? "yes"