diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index d5ab9b582e..8cb24af79b 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -6401,3 +6401,16 @@ Rom    16 Aug 2010
     /
         configure.ac
         version.h
+
+David  8 Sept 2010
+    - client: support notice feeds from account managers.
+        Implementation: create a base class PROJ_AM,
+        from which both PROJECT and ACCT_MGR_INFO are derived,
+        with basic stuff like name, URL, and RSS feed list
+
+    client/
+        acct_mgr.cpp,h
+        app_start.cpp
+        client_types.cpp,h
+        cs_notice.cpp,h
+        gui_rpc_server_ops.cpp
diff --git a/client/acct_mgr.cpp b/client/acct_mgr.cpp
index 00fbde7059..00270d96d7 100644
--- a/client/acct_mgr.cpp
+++ b/client/acct_mgr.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int ACCT_MGR_OP::do_rpc(
 
     // if null URL, detach from current AMS
     //
-    if (!strlen(url) && strlen(gstate.acct_mgr_info.acct_mgr_url)) {
+    if (!strlen(url) && strlen(gstate.acct_mgr_info.master_url)) {
         msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INFO, "Removing account manager info");
         gstate.acct_mgr_info.clear();
         boinc_delete_file(ACCT_MGR_URL_FILENAME);
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ int ACCT_MGR_OP::do_rpc(
         return 0;
     }
 
-    strlcpy(ami.acct_mgr_url, url, sizeof(ami.acct_mgr_url));
-    strlcpy(ami.acct_mgr_name, "", sizeof(ami.acct_mgr_name));
+    strlcpy(ami.master_url, url, sizeof(ami.master_url));
+    strlcpy(ami.project_name, "", sizeof(ami.project_name));
     strlcpy(ami.login_name, name.c_str(), sizeof(ami.login_name));
     strlcpy(ami.password_hash, password_hash.c_str(), sizeof(ami.password_hash));
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ int ACCT_MGR_OP::parse(FILE* f) {
 			continue;
 		}
         if (!strcmp(tag, "/acct_mgr_reply")) return 0;
-        if (xp.parse_str(tag, "name", ami.acct_mgr_name, 256)) continue;
+        if (xp.parse_str(tag, "name", ami.project_name, 256)) continue;
         if (xp.parse_int(tag, "error_num", error_num)) continue;
         if (xp.parse_string(tag, "error", error_str)) continue;
         if (xp.parse_double(tag, "repeat_sec", repeat_sec)) continue;
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ void ACCT_MGR_OP::handle_reply(int http_op_retval) {
     if (error_str.size()) {
         msg_printf(NULL, MSG_USER_ALERT,
             "%s %s: %s",
-            gstate.acct_mgr_info.acct_mgr_name,
+            gstate.acct_mgr_info.project_name,
             _("error"),
             error_str.c_str()
         );
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ void ACCT_MGR_OP::handle_reply(int http_op_retval) {
     } else if (error_num) {
         msg_printf(NULL, MSG_USER_ALERT,
             "%s %s: %s",
-            gstate.acct_mgr_info.acct_mgr_name,
+            gstate.acct_mgr_info.project_name,
             _("error"),
             boincerror(error_num)
         );
@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ void ACCT_MGR_OP::handle_reply(int http_op_retval) {
     }
 
     if (sig_ok) {
-        strcpy(gstate.acct_mgr_info.acct_mgr_url, ami.acct_mgr_url);
-        strcpy(gstate.acct_mgr_info.acct_mgr_name, ami.acct_mgr_name);
+        strcpy(gstate.acct_mgr_info.master_url, ami.master_url);
+        strcpy(gstate.acct_mgr_info.project_name, ami.project_name);
         strcpy(gstate.acct_mgr_info.signing_key, ami.signing_key);
         strcpy(gstate.acct_mgr_info.login_name, ami.login_name);
         strcpy(gstate.acct_mgr_info.password_hash, ami.password_hash);
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ void ACCT_MGR_OP::handle_reply(int http_op_retval) {
         //
         if (global_prefs_xml) {
             retval = gstate.save_global_prefs(
-                global_prefs_xml, ami.acct_mgr_url, ami.acct_mgr_url
+                global_prefs_xml, ami.master_url, ami.master_url
             );
             if (retval) {
                 msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR, "Can't save global prefs");
@@ -544,15 +544,15 @@ void ACCT_MGR_OP::handle_reply(int http_op_retval) {
 
 int ACCT_MGR_INFO::write_info() {
     FILE* p;
-    if (strlen(acct_mgr_url)) {
+    if (strlen(master_url)) {
         p = fopen(ACCT_MGR_URL_FILENAME, "w");
         if (p) {
             fprintf(p, 
                 "<acct_mgr>\n"
                 "    <name>%s</name>\n"
                 "    <url>%s</url>\n",
-                acct_mgr_name,
-                acct_mgr_url
+                project_name,
+                master_url
             );
             if (send_gui_rpc_info) fprintf(p,"    <send_gui_rpc_info/>\n");
             if (strlen(signing_key)) {
@@ -594,8 +594,8 @@ int ACCT_MGR_INFO::write_info() {
 }
 
 void ACCT_MGR_INFO::clear() {
-    strcpy(acct_mgr_name, "");
-    strcpy(acct_mgr_url, "");
+    strcpy(project_name, "");
+    strcpy(master_url, "");
     strcpy(login_name, "");
     strcpy(password_hash, "");
     strcpy(signing_key, "");
@@ -668,8 +668,8 @@ int ACCT_MGR_INFO::init() {
 			continue;
 		} 
         if (!strcmp(tag, "/acct_mgr")) break;
-        else if (xp.parse_str(tag, "name", acct_mgr_name, 256)) continue;
-        else if (xp.parse_str(tag, "url", acct_mgr_url, 256)) continue;
+        else if (xp.parse_str(tag, "name", project_name, 256)) continue;
+        else if (xp.parse_str(tag, "url", master_url, 256)) continue;
         else if (xp.parse_bool(tag, "send_gui_rpc_info", send_gui_rpc_info)) continue;
         else if (!strcmp(tag, "signing_key")) {
             retval = xp.element_contents("</signing_key>", signing_key, sizeof(signing_key));
@@ -695,14 +695,13 @@ int ACCT_MGR_INFO::init() {
 }
 
 bool ACCT_MGR_INFO::poll() {
+    if (!using_am()) return false;
     if (gstate.gui_http.is_busy()) return false;
 
-    if (!strlen(login_name) && !strlen(password_hash)) return false;
-
     if (gstate.now > next_rpc_time) {
         next_rpc_time = gstate.now + 86400;
         gstate.acct_mgr_op.do_rpc(
-            acct_mgr_url, login_name, password_hash, false
+            master_url, login_name, password_hash, false
         );
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/client/acct_mgr.h b/client/acct_mgr.h
index d6c20f96a4..158260fc6b 100644
--- a/client/acct_mgr.h
+++ b/client/acct_mgr.h
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@
 
 // represents info stored in acct_mgr_url.xml and acct_mgr_login.xml
 
-struct ACCT_MGR_INFO {
+struct ACCT_MGR_INFO : PROJ_AM {
 	// the following used to be std::string but there
 	// were mysterious bugs where setting it to "" didn't work
 	//
-    char acct_mgr_name[256];
-    char acct_mgr_url[256];
     char login_name[256];
     char password_hash[256];
         // md5 of password.lowercase(login_name)
@@ -58,6 +56,13 @@ struct ACCT_MGR_INFO {
         //   successfully attached to an account manager
     bool password_error;
 
+    inline bool using_am() {
+        if (!strlen(master_url)) return false;
+        if (!strlen(login_name)) return false;
+        if (!strlen(password_hash)) return false;
+        return true;
+    }
+
     ACCT_MGR_INFO();
     int parse_login_file(FILE*);
     int write_info();
@@ -66,6 +71,8 @@ struct ACCT_MGR_INFO {
     bool poll();
 };
 
+// stuff after here related to RPCs to account managers
+
 struct OPTIONAL_BOOL {
     bool present;
     bool value;
@@ -80,8 +87,6 @@ struct OPTIONAL_DOUBLE {
     inline void set(double v) {value=v; present=true;}
 };
 
-// stuff after here related to RPCs to account managers
-
 struct AM_ACCOUNT {
     std::string url;
     std::string authenticator;
diff --git a/client/app_start.cpp b/client/app_start.cpp
index 0b8e4cdc85..f384bb453d 100644
--- a/client/app_start.cpp
+++ b/client/app_start.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ int ACTIVE_TASK::write_app_init_file() {
     aid.app_version = app_version->version_num;
     safe_strcpy(aid.app_name, wup->app->name);
     safe_strcpy(aid.symstore, wup->project->symstore);
-    safe_strcpy(aid.acct_mgr_url, gstate.acct_mgr_info.acct_mgr_url);
+    safe_strcpy(aid.acct_mgr_url, gstate.acct_mgr_info.master_url);
     if (wup->project->project_specific_prefs.length()) {
         aid.project_preferences = strdup(wup->project->project_specific_prefs.c_str());
     }
diff --git a/client/client_types.cpp b/client/client_types.cpp
index ab0d842b18..fea30fd8af 100644
--- a/client/client_types.cpp
+++ b/client/client_types.cpp
@@ -460,14 +460,6 @@ int PROJECT::write_statistics(MIOFILE& out, bool /*gui_rpc*/) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-char* PROJECT::get_project_name() {
-    if (strlen(project_name)) {
-        return project_name;
-    } else {
-        return master_url;
-    }
-}
-
 const char* PROJECT::get_scheduler_url(int index, double r) {
     int n = (int) scheduler_urls.size();
     int ir = (int)(r*n);
diff --git a/client/client_types.h b/client/client_types.h
index a0d301e837..5353c672e3 100644
--- a/client/client_types.h
+++ b/client/client_types.h
@@ -181,12 +181,26 @@ struct DAILY_STATS {
 };
 bool operator < (const DAILY_STATS&, const DAILY_STATS&);
 
-struct PROJECT {
+// base class for PROJECT and ACCT_MGR_INFO
+//
+struct PROJ_AM {
+    char master_url[256];
+    char project_name[256];
+        // descriptive.  not unique
+    std::vector<RSS_FEED> proj_feeds;
+    inline char *get_project_name() {
+        if (strlen(project_name)) {
+            return project_name;
+        } else {
+            return master_url;
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+struct PROJECT : PROJ_AM {
     // the following items come from the account file
     // They are a function only of the user and the project
     //
-    char master_url[256];
-        // url of site that contains scheduler tags for this project
     char authenticator[256];
         // user's authenticator on this project
     std::string project_prefs;
@@ -231,8 +245,6 @@ struct PROJECT {
     //
     std::vector<std::string> scheduler_urls;
         // where to find scheduling servers
-    char project_name[256];
-        // descriptive.  not unique
     char symstore[256];
         // URL of symbol server (Windows)
     char user_name[256];
@@ -405,7 +417,6 @@ struct PROJECT {
     ~PROJECT(){}
     void init();
     void copy_state_fields(PROJECT&);
-    char *get_project_name();
     int write_account_file();
     int parse_account(FILE*);
     int parse_account_file_venue();
@@ -419,9 +430,6 @@ struct PROJECT {
     int parse_statistics(FILE*);
     int write_statistics(MIOFILE&, bool gui_rpc=false);
     int write_statistics_file();
-
-    // feed-related
-    std::vector<RSS_FEED> proj_feeds;
 };
 
 struct APP {
diff --git a/client/cs_notice.cpp b/client/cs_notice.cpp
index 340335d79e..b9a242aa83 100644
--- a/client/cs_notice.cpp
+++ b/client/cs_notice.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static bool cmp(NOTICE n1, NOTICE n2) {
     return (strcmp(n1.guid, n2.guid) > 0);
 }
 
-static void project_feed_list_file_name(PROJECT* p, char* buf) {
+static void project_feed_list_file_name(PROJ_AM* p, char* buf) {
     char url[256];
     escape_project_url(p->master_url, url);
     sprintf(buf, "notices/feeds_%s.xml", url);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void write_rss_feed_descs(MIOFILE& fout, vector<RSS_FEED>& feeds) {
     fout.printf("</rss_feeds>\n");
 }
 
-static void write_project_feed_list(PROJECT* p) {
+static void write_project_feed_list(PROJ_AM* p) {
     char buf[256];
     project_feed_list_file_name(p, buf);
     FILE* f = fopen(buf, "w");
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static void write_project_feed_list(PROJECT* p) {
 // Add new ones to the project's set,
 // and remove ones from the project's set that aren't in the list.
 //
-void handle_sr_feeds(vector<RSS_FEED>& feeds, PROJECT* p) {
+void handle_sr_feeds(vector<RSS_FEED>& feeds, PROJ_AM* p) {
     unsigned int i, j;
     bool feed_set_changed = false;
 
@@ -658,25 +658,33 @@ void RSS_FEED_OP::handle_reply(int http_op_retval) {
 
 ///////////// RSS_FEEDS ////////////////
 
+static void init_proj_am(PROJ_AM* p) {
+    FILE* f;
+    MIOFILE fin;
+    char path[256];
+
+    project_feed_list_file_name(p, path);
+    f = fopen(path, "r");
+    if (f) {
+        fin.init_file(f);
+        parse_rss_feed_descs(fin, p->proj_feeds);
+        fclose(f);
+    }
+}
+
 // called on startup.  Get list of feeds.  Read archives.
 //
 void RSS_FEEDS::init() {
     unsigned int i;
-    MIOFILE fin;
-    FILE* f;
 
     boinc_mkdir(NOTICES_DIR);
 
     for (i=0; i<gstate.projects.size(); i++) {
         PROJECT* p = gstate.projects[i];
-        char path[256];
-        project_feed_list_file_name(p, path);
-        f = fopen(path, "r");
-        if (f) {
-            fin.init_file(f);
-            parse_rss_feed_descs(fin, p->proj_feeds);
-            fclose(f);
-        }
+        init_proj_am(p);
+    }
+    if (gstate.acct_mgr_info.using_am()) {
+        init_proj_am(&gstate.acct_mgr_info);
     }
 
     update_feed_list();
@@ -705,7 +713,7 @@ RSS_FEED* RSS_FEEDS::lookup_url(char* url) {
 
 // arrange to fetch the project's feeds
 //
-void RSS_FEEDS::trigger_fetch(PROJECT* p) {
+void RSS_FEEDS::trigger_fetch(PROJ_AM* p) {
     for (unsigned int i=0; i<p->proj_feeds.size(); i++) {
         RSS_FEED& rf = p->proj_feeds[i];
         RSS_FEED* rfp = lookup_url(rf.url);
@@ -715,34 +723,42 @@ void RSS_FEEDS::trigger_fetch(PROJECT* p) {
     }
 }
 
+void RSS_FEEDS::update_proj_am(PROJ_AM* p) {
+    unsigned int j;
+    for (j=0; j<p->proj_feeds.size(); j++) {
+        RSS_FEED& rf = p->proj_feeds[j];
+        RSS_FEED* rfp = lookup_url(rf.url);
+        if (rfp) {
+            rfp->found = true;
+        } else {
+            rf.found = true;
+            strcpy(rf.project_name, p->get_project_name());
+            feeds.push_back(rf);
+            if (log_flags.notice_debug) {
+                msg_printf(0, MSG_INFO,
+                    "[notice] adding feed: %s, %.0f sec",
+                    rf.url, rf.poll_interval
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // the set of project feeds has changed.
 // update the master list.
 //
 void RSS_FEEDS::update_feed_list() {
-    unsigned int i, j;
+    unsigned int i;
     for (i=0; i<feeds.size(); i++) {
         RSS_FEED& rf = feeds[i];
         rf.found = false;
     }
     for (i=0; i<gstate.projects.size(); i++) {
         PROJECT* p = gstate.projects[i];
-        for (j=0; j<p->proj_feeds.size(); j++) {
-            RSS_FEED& rf = p->proj_feeds[j];
-            RSS_FEED* rfp = lookup_url(rf.url);
-            if (rfp) {
-                rfp->found = true;
-            } else {
-                rf.found = true;
-                strcpy(rf.project_name, p->get_project_name());
-                feeds.push_back(rf);
-                if (log_flags.notice_debug) {
-                    msg_printf(0, MSG_INFO,
-                        "[notice] adding feed: %s, %.0f sec",
-                        rf.url, rf.poll_interval
-                    );
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        update_proj_am(p);
+    }
+    if (gstate.acct_mgr_info.using_am()) {
+        update_proj_am(&gstate.acct_mgr_info);
     }
     vector<RSS_FEED>::iterator iter = feeds.begin();
     while (iter != feeds.end()) {
diff --git a/client/cs_notice.h b/client/cs_notice.h
index badcf08d76..98662db352 100644
--- a/client/cs_notice.h
+++ b/client/cs_notice.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define _CS_NOTICE_
 
 // Code related to "notices", which come from
-// 1) RSS feeds specified by projects
+// 1) RSS feeds specified by projects and account managers
 // 2) Scheduler replies (high-priority messages)
 // 3) the client (MSG_USER_ALERT messages)
 //
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #include "miofile.h"
 
 #include "gui_http.h"
+#include "client_types.h"
 
 #include "notice.h"
 
@@ -120,16 +121,17 @@ extern RSS_FEED_OP rss_feed_op;
 struct RSS_FEEDS {
     std::vector<RSS_FEED> feeds;
     void init();
-    void trigger_fetch(PROJECT*);
+    void trigger_fetch(struct PROJ_AM*);
     void update_feed_list();
     RSS_FEED* lookup_url(char*);
+    void update_proj_am(PROJ_AM*);
     void write_feed_list();
 };
 
 extern RSS_FEEDS rss_feeds;
 
 int parse_rss_feed_descs(MIOFILE& fin, std::vector<RSS_FEED>&);
-void handle_sr_feeds(std::vector<RSS_FEED>&, struct PROJECT*);
+void handle_sr_feeds(std::vector<RSS_FEED>&, struct PROJ_AM*);
     // process the feeds in a scheduler reply
 
 #endif
diff --git a/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.cpp b/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.cpp
index a200a69ce0..b099a4fd4a 100644
--- a/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.cpp
+++ b/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.cpp
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ static void handle_acct_mgr_info(char*, MIOFILE& fout) {
         "<acct_mgr_info>\n"
         "   <acct_mgr_url>%s</acct_mgr_url>\n"
         "   <acct_mgr_name>%s</acct_mgr_name>\n",
-        gstate.acct_mgr_info.acct_mgr_url,
-        gstate.acct_mgr_info.acct_mgr_name
+        gstate.acct_mgr_info.master_url,
+        gstate.acct_mgr_info.project_name
     );
 
     if (strlen(gstate.acct_mgr_info.login_name)) {
@@ -816,13 +816,13 @@ static void handle_acct_mgr_rpc(char* buf, MIOFILE& fout) {
             }
         }
     } else {
-        if (!strlen(gstate.acct_mgr_info.acct_mgr_url)) {
+        if (!strlen(gstate.acct_mgr_info.master_url)) {
             bad_arg = true;
             msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                 "Account manager info missing from config file"
             );
         } else {
-            url = gstate.acct_mgr_info.acct_mgr_url;
+            url = gstate.acct_mgr_info.master_url;
             name = gstate.acct_mgr_info.login_name;
             password_hash = gstate.acct_mgr_info.password_hash;
         }