I have the same problem with my board - very few read the announcements - but some users don't even seem to know that they can get private messages <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /> , as I could tell by looking into a database dump, it seemed several hadn't even looked at their "Welcome" message, even though they used the forum after signing up. However, I would still welcome this option!