|btw, I've never understood why the exact count is so important anyway? |Other than it giving a VERY general idea of how many are reading, why care? | I know it doesn't matter to me whether the number reading on here is 500, |550, or some other number. Besides, you never can account for the ones |that are deleted unread, that bounce, etc. Likewise, it does NOT indicate how many are receiving it thru re-distribution lists (non-peered) not other media gateways such as USENET and WEB. Thus its value would be only as an indicator of growth (or shrinkage) over time. -- mailto:[log in to unmask] Tel: +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg; University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA (Please use my new e-mail address - no M/Frame mail)