Hi Mark,   
      
   >> I put the expression   
      
   >> '(\<.*\>)( )+\1'   
      
   >> in the trashcan file, but I was still able to log in as a supposed new   
   >> user with the same first and last name..   
      
   >> Any ideas on what I'm messing up here? :)   
      
   > the grep uses the single quotes but the trashcan may not... have you tried it   
   > without them?   
      
   Yep, no luck there.   
      
   > is it also possible that the trashcan doesn't do regex? do you have other   
   > regex in there that do work? do they have those quotes?   
      
   The feeling I get is that bbbs's trashcan doesn't support regex.. There are no   
   regex in it now, only names of a few losers that I put in that file.   
      
   It would be strange if that were true though, since you use regex in bbbs's   
   external.bbb file..   
      
   I'll have to contact Kim.   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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