i am using dbman for an opt-in mailing list and want default users to add themselves as a record but not to the password file. so default user can do nothing but add record. my database is filling with spam postings like prescription drugs, online casinos etc. i would like to somehow restrict the default user to add only one record in five minutes or so. i want to allow my logged in users to add as many and as often as desired. i'm capturing ip addresses so that could help filter if necessary. i have a link on the website that goes straight to the add record form so i guess my modification needs to go in the validate record section. i just don't know what code to put there. help!!!!

in case anyone is interested, here's my solution.
i have an array in cfg (@db_compare_fields) specifying two fields in db to be compared when record is added. then i have the following code in sub validate_record: