Thank you very much – I will look into that in the morning.
One forum I mod (SMF) has no such features yet I can’t remember the last time I saw spam or bot activity. Another forum I used to admin (vB5 – don’t get me started) was the same – hardly any spam or bots, and the odd time there was, me or one of the mods would take care of it.
Why would you automatically conclude a forum will turn into full on anarchy if Trust Levels were disabled?