johnwrites and Grongle,
you guys can always check the Spybot S&D main web site on updates. you should also bookmark the page on updates in your web browser. link to main site:
http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html
i suggest we remind other spybot users to "bookmark" the announcement page or the updates page in their web browsers and tell them to check every other week to see if there are newer detection updates available.
I agree with bitman about email notices on updates. they're not needed and they may not be reliable due to the email spam settings set in the email client. some email users may not even receive email notices due to strict or high spam settings.