dbmg, That is the reason I stated that Steve may need to look closer than I, since he has more options for viewing. However, with that being said, 'with your number of posts and you still have the message of insufficient privleges' , if you were paying attention to post #4, Jeff can see the 'Post New Thread' option. Therefore, that leaves me to believe that maybe this could be a privilege of becoming a contributor, not necessarily posting on every thread in the forum to get your post count up. I apologize for making a mess of this thread.