Here's the newsalert Add Topic page (..if you can see it without being signed up..): <A HREF="http://www.newsalert.com/bin/topedit?Action=CRE&Tag=NEW" target="_new">http://www.newsalert.com/bin/topedit?Action=CRE&Tag=NEW</A> "Alert Frequency" needs to be set to Real Time. I presume that your email system is 'always on', and it goes "..Ding.." when you get new email. John :-)