Well that's another issue but I suspect that you need to review the forum permissions settings for newbie groups compared to users groups.
I can't really tell much difference with the permissions beyond the newbies having to put in the captcha data.
Sounds like your ISP may have a maximum in place for how much mail can be sent every day (assuming that the dummy and main forums both use the same hosting account and that the main site sends a lot of mail).
No, the boards are on different servers. The practice board now has an email addy with unlimited mail capacity both coming and going. Interestingly enough it seems that the practice board will also work with my real board's email addy. I'm not sure why but it apparently does. I'm just happy both are humming along now. You guys are the best.
