There a hack for that already?

Note to self: always use the damn full reply form so I can chck off that stupid 'email notify' - is there a fix for that as well?

Geez, if I didn't have such a large and active forum, and had known that Classic would fold up, I'd never have started with InfoPop/UBB/Groupie/whatever, grrrrr ...

There's a field in your control panel for that already:

Text Field Search:
Finds text in the Occupation, Location, Interests, and Custom fields

You might try checking out the Administrator's manual: http://www.ubbcentral.com/support/docs/ubbclassic/UBB6all.html

Seems like you haven't kept up with current features

Nope, sorry, the cp search doesn't work on the custom title (yes, it does work on the 4 custom fields). Been there, done that, don't work.