"With all adult movies at all hotels, you have to go through a number of screens to get to them," Garfield said. "Parents have the power to restrict access to those movies. It's easier to get pornography by e-mail and on the Internet than at a hotel."

Most of the e-mails sent to BYU were generic forms from AFA's Web sites, Odgen said. The e-mails went to Hill, an editor of the Marriott School's alumni magazine and a woman in the external relations office.

"We got very handy with the delete button," Ogden said.

Ami Adkins, a member of One Million Moms, sent a specific letter to the Marriott School questioning BYU's use of the Marriott name.

"How does BYU reconcile the ethics of exposing children to pornography?" Adkins asked. "And how do you feel about being associated by name with a company that is engaged in and benefits financially from porn distribution? If Larry Flynt donated lots of money would you name a school after him?"

Ogden said BYU continues to receive money on occasion from the private Marriott Family Foundation, but has no connection to the hotel chain, a publicly held company with millions of stockholders and a board of directors.

"It was a little spooky because you don't know if the messages are originating from a worm or a hacker because it's coming in so fast," Ogden said. "We don't have any issue with the corporation or the association, we just were in the unfortunate position of being caught in the middle."

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