Hello

Based on that "logic".....then the option for non registered users to be denied the ability to post new messages (or allowed to post) should not be available either.
FYI, I accomplished what I was looking to accomplish.

No, your logic fails. There is a difference between forbidding everybody except one person to open a new thread and forbid this for a group of persons (i.e. unregistered visitors). Techically it is possible and you did, but in this case you can use a blog script and allow to comment your entry. This sort of software is made for that.

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