Roelof- I don't think redirection really has anything to do with this.
If I (as the spammer) send out a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I find that someone followed through with a url click that verified the existence an activity at that address, then anything else that I send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will also get to you. Doesn't matter how many levels of indirection have taken place in between - it's the same path both times. The encoded url just serves to put a flag in the database that validates the starting point for your email address. -Mark Wieder Using The Bat! v1.63 Beta/4 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2 -- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html