>Bonnie, call your hosting service and ask whether you can add a spf record. Some (like godaddy) definitely allow/encourage it. As for expertise: see http://old.openspf.org/wizard.html or even http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/content/technologies/senderid/wizard/ ;-)

Interesting reading John, thank you ... afraid it's a bit over my head though. Network/internet stuff is not my cup of tea. And here all you guys thought I was smart, huh? <g>

~~Bonnie