greetings. well, I am using a linux box as a server since rogers at home can't run a proper mail server. btw. need to change my subscription address on this list. anyway, once I installed the o/s, have removed the keyboard monitor and all and stuck it in a corner. can do almost anything via telnet from another linux box or my windows boxes and have never had to reboot other than changing the kernel which i am probably not going to do for a while since it is doing what I want perfectly now other than the proftpd server I can see no need to reboot. Brian e-mail: admin at bmoore.yi.org