hi, well that sure answers some questions! the only question left is how do i get those ip numbers? thanks in advance randy On 2001-03-27 speakup at braille.uwo.ca said: y sp>actually, it's more pertenant to say that you connect to their i/p sp>address. thus paving the way for you to convers one on one with the sp>person in question. sp>for instance, let's say you want to connect to your friend in sydney sp>australia sp>if you know their ip address for this argument we'll use the ip sp>202.139.185.77 sp>what you do is open a conection as you normally would but instead sp>of putting the location of an lwl server, you put the ip 202.139. sp>185.77 and make sure that you are both using the same port whether sp>it be 2074 or 4074 or whatever other ports r used by speak freely. sp>the same principal applies in netmeeting and other such sp>applications that require ip addresses for communication purposes. sp>other packages like firetalk etc require u to have an sp>identification number not dissimilar to a phone number. sp>I hope this helps.. sp>Shaun.. sp>----- Original Message ----- sp>Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:30 AM sp>> hi all, sp>> i was reading the sflwl doc of speak_freely, sp>> and if i understand it right you can find and connect to sp>> a speak_freely user by there email address. sp>> if so can some one explane this to me? sp>> is it possable with speak_freely to speak just to one person at a sp>>time a one on one chat? sp>> thanks to all in advance. sp>> randy sp>> _______________________________________________ sp>> Speakup mailing list sp>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca sp>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup sp>_______________________________________________ sp>Speakup mailing list sp>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca sp>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup