actually, it isn't. my brother and i each had our own, but one day my grandfather (who is really into computers. he really owns our computer, internet account, all the programs, etc.) came over to give us a new CPU, and when he installed it, he put only one of the icq numbers back on, the last one open, which happened to be my brothers. i lost me list and all my contacts. that had been how i was keeping track of trading refs, and when i lost it, i lost about 20 refs as well :-( oh well. i never received an email, or maybe i accidentally deleted it with the tons of junk mail i receive every day. it's really gotten out of hand. like 20 of them every day, and when i check mail i just quikly scan for titles on the emails that DON'T sound like junkmail. yours mighta just got lost in the shuffle. oh well, i'm back witha vengeance now ;-)