I really don't know how to respond to your email. We are just volunteers and really have very little say in the policies of geocities. I've forwarded the e-mail to our liaisons. Maybe they will have more of an impact. Anyway, I've found that if you minimize, instead of cancel, the pop-ups, they don't come back as often. As for the watermark, I really don't see it as any big deal. It's just there.
Mike