Oh yeah almost forgot, some cookies are innocent and just hold your place or retain your log in info so you dont have to relog every time to visit. The second one can be not so innocent if the cookie uses your IP address as am identifier and you log in from an open computer lab at the local college or library. Some cookies are not so innocent. Some record every single web page that you visit and report the information back to a processing agency under the guise of demographical research. Among the things that these little e-beasties can report are the contents of your HDD, including "naughties", (warez and porn), and can even transfer the encrypted files that retain your credit card and banking info, website passwords, etal. If anyone is unfortunate enough to use Gator, that info has ben passed many times over. These transfers go by so quickly that it may only register as a little flicker on the activity light to those of us with cable modems. Anyway, I've got to go save the collegiate world from pebcaks and ID-Ten-Tees. Everyone have a great day. :)