Martin--they did say this about a month ago. It was discussed several times--I think on this board-that they were going to do a census. Maybe they should have said they were sending out emails yesterday, but any of us on this board should have figured it out pretty easily. If all you have to do is 'visit' the site (thus sending your registered name and password to the server) that isn't any big deal. Many said they come every day--so come, and that's it. The worse situation is those who received emails with HTML and banners. Now THAT's something to clear up. I received just 2--one from each site and in text. If one email was sent out, it makes one wonder why some received plain text and others received with background and banners?!? There aren't too many of us in here being upset about this, so I'm assuming that most just took it as exactly what it was--a way to get the numbers right. Diane B