>Mike,
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>Two problems:
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>The site doesn't seem to realize I have been here in the last 30 days so why is it throwing that messagebox to the contrary? Also, I only need to be told that there are more than 400 new messages ONCE, even if true - which it's not.
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>Try wrapping the message in an "If Not IsPostback" so that we only see it once. Thanks
>

FWIW I have no objections to the > 400 messages messagebox. (It would be nice if I saw it more often <g>). Otherwise the user might wonder why none of the threads are expanded.