I found and have received this hoax in this form or another. This is the e-mail tracking cookie hoax. I just have such a hard time believing some of these. I believe they prey on the people that are not internet literate. I believe this trick works mainly because most people who are very internet literate do not use aol. http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBMalCode.shtml#aolcookie Tim Cynar