1.   Knight said that some money for the Gore recount fund had come in large donations from wealthy individuals, but he declined to name them.

2.   On dueling websites, in emails and in direct mail, the two campaigns have urged supporters to donate to their recount funds.

3.   Several Massachusetts donors have given the maximum amount to the recount fund, including EMC head Richard Egan and Christopher Collins and Herbert Collins of Boston Capital.

4.   The Bush campaign has been posting names of donors to his recount fund on his website for several weeks.

5.   The Gore-Lieberman campaign also is using the opening page of its website to surf for dollars for its recount fund.

6.   The largest single contributor to the recount fund is Steven T. Kirsch, an Internet entrepreneur from Los Altos Hills, Calif.