I'm kind of new to the list but I am almost having the same problem, and if growth keeps up like it has been, I'll be unable to validate links at all in the near future. So my best advice is to validate all links incoming and hope for the best later.

I also have a real problem with people sending me junk email addresses which I refuse to acknowledge, for example: hotmail, yahoo, usa.net, and several others. I feel like if they don't trust me enough to send a real email address then forget it!

Sorry for the rant...

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destiney - des’-ti-nêy - n. 1. diety of all things "html", 2. internet addict, 3. lover of late '80's heavy metal, 4. reformed ex-software piratier (got a job), 5. see also - "cool guy"