It's only that first one that takes a long time; subsquent updates usually take 5-15 seconds, and I suspect that if the admin is doing the Update manually (as apposed to using Cron) they'll prefer to see the results onscreen rather than wait for an email.dragon2611 said:suggestion:
make the update button put the updating into directadmins task q and let it do it in the background, then email you when its done...
Rowan.