the second point is a browser option i think - check your setting on what happens when clicking on links..
Technically, Rick, that is a question and not a suggestion .... However you are right, it's a pita! I guess that with an open forum it's next to impossible to block and relies on the hard working mods to erase the posts and block the spammer (who then re-joins with a new id) :-(
I'm thinking it's impossible to stop - just need to manage it. The buggers are always one step ahead. :evil: