diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index e9c31223c1..de4ed4b65a 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -2981,3 +2981,17 @@ Rom    17 Mar 2006
         
     win_build/installerv2
         BOINC.ism
+
+David  17 Mar 2006
+    - Add optional <update/> tag in <account> elements
+        of account manager replies.
+        This tells the core client to do a scheduler RPC to the project.
+        The account manager should set this when it has updated prefs
+        and wants the core client to get them;
+        put <update/> in the <account> element for one of
+        the projects to which prefs were successfully sent.
+
+    client/
+        acct_mgr.C,h
+    doc/
+        acct_mgt.php
diff --git a/client/acct_mgr.C b/client/acct_mgr.C
index 9e8de430a5..4fe9707d64 100644
--- a/client/acct_mgr.C
+++ b/client/acct_mgr.C
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ int AM_ACCOUNT::parse(FILE* f) {
     int retval;
 
     detach = false;
+    update = false;
     url = "";
     strcpy(url_signature, "");
     authenticator = "";
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ int AM_ACCOUNT::parse(FILE* f) {
         }
         if (parse_str(buf, "<authenticator>", authenticator)) continue;
         if (parse_bool(buf, "detach", detach)) continue;
+        if (parse_bool(buf, "update", update)) continue;
     }
     return ERR_XML_PARSE;
 }
@@ -312,30 +314,28 @@ void ACCT_MGR_OP::handle_reply(int http_op_retval) {
                     } else {
                         msg_printf(pp, MSG_INFO, "Already attached");
                         pp->attached_via_acct_mgr = true;
+
+                        // initiate a scheduler RPC if requested by AMS
+                        //
+                        if (acct.update) {
+                            pp->sched_rpc_pending = true;
+                            pp->min_rpc_time = 0;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             } else {
                 if (!acct.detach) {
-                    msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO, "Attaching to %s", acct.url.c_str());
-                    gstate.add_project(acct.url.c_str(), acct.authenticator.c_str(), true);
+                    msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO,
+                        "Attaching to %s", acct.url.c_str()
+                    );
+                    gstate.add_project(
+                        acct.url.c_str(), acct.authenticator.c_str(), true
+                    );
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
-    // Do a scheduler RPC to some AMS-managed project,
-    // to get new preferences if any.
-    // This is a kludge.
-    // Would be nice to do this only if prefs have actually changed.
-    //
-    for (i=0; i<gstate.projects.size(); i++) {
-        PROJECT* p = gstate.projects[i];
-        if (p->attached_via_acct_mgr && p->min_rpc_time==0) {
-            p->sched_rpc_pending = true;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
     strcpy(gstate.acct_mgr_info.previous_host_cpid, gstate.host_info.host_cpid);
     if (repeat_sec) {
         gstate.acct_mgr_info.next_rpc_time = gstate.now + repeat_sec;
diff --git a/client/acct_mgr.h b/client/acct_mgr.h
index fad3f6155b..ca4cbf3e17 100644
--- a/client/acct_mgr.h
+++ b/client/acct_mgr.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct AM_ACCOUNT {
     std::string authenticator;
     char url_signature[MAX_SIGNATURE_LEN];
     bool detach;
+    bool update;
 
     int parse(FILE*);
     AM_ACCOUNT() {}
diff --git a/doc/acct_mgt.php b/doc/acct_mgt.php
index 4b7241dbf3..00449431ed 100644
--- a/doc/acct_mgt.php
+++ b/doc/acct_mgt.php
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ f72103eb0995be77cac54f253c0ba639a814d3293646ae11894e9d1367a98790
 .
          </url_signature>
          <authenticator>KEY</authenticator>
+         [ <update/> ]
          [ <detach/> ]
       </account>
         ...
@@ -294,6 +295,9 @@ list_item("action",
     <dd>The account's authenticator.
     <dt>detach
     <dd>If present, the client should detach this project.
+    <dt>update
+    <dd>If present, the client should contact this project
+        to get new global preferences.
     </dl>
     NOTE: the XML must be as above, with the &lt;url>
     and &lt;authenticator> elements on a single line,
diff --git a/doc/index.php b/doc/index.php
index 0702db15af..f51350c787 100644
--- a/doc/index.php
+++ b/doc/index.php
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ require_once("boinc_news.inc");
 require_once("../html/inc/news.inc");
 
 $projects = array(
-    "<a href=http://climateprediction.net>Climateprediction.net</a>
-        and <a href=http://bbc.cpdn.org>BBC Climate Change Experiment</a>:
+    "<a href=http://climateprediction.net>Climateprediction.net</a>,
+        <a href=http://bbc.cpdn.org>BBC Climate Change Experiment</a>,
+        and <a href=http://attribution.cpdn.org/>Seasonal Attribution Project</a>:
         study climate change.",
     "<a href=http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/>Einstein@home</a>:
         search for gravitational signals emitted by pulsars.",