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I have noticed recently that it is becoming more and more a requirement to register on some web sites before you are allowed to browse. This annoys me. It my well turn out that, after looking around a site, I decide that I have no interest in it after all. But I have had to register to see it. Then I have the chore of de-registering. But even more annoying is what I call unnecessary questions. One of the worst, IMHO, is being asked for your DOB. I had a good example of this yesterday. I was looking around for possibly setting up a web email address to use when I don't want to use my real one (eg registering as mentioned above, sometimes they ask for an email address). I was asked for first name and last name and date of birth. What possible reason could there be for the last one? This is just to send a receive emails. Why ever do they need my DOB? Am I right to be getting annoyed with all this, or am I missing something? Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq