Just in case some want to know ... Hotmail is Web based mail tool similar to the Juno.com service, it lets user decide their nickname a little like AOL and their screen names ... You can visit http://www.hotmail.com ... One benefit for the user is to be able to view mail "anonymously" without getting his/her work e-mail account ... I would speculate that the trend will increase since the US governement started a witch hunt at different levels for misuse of public property ... Hotmail.com is bona fide domain where they use "free accounts" to develop the next Web Base mail software in the HyperNews traidition ... -- Eric Paul-Hus , Blues-L