Children!!! Wo, wo, wo, folks, calm down, take three deep breaths and breathe out slooooowly. First, Janina, if Luke's questions iritate you, don't answer them. Follow old Kirk's dictem, "Why be helpful when you're not?" Luke, calm down and change the subject line on these messages so maybe people will understand that you're *not* talking about a bug in speakup and you actually would like some answers to your questions about networking and PPP accounts, etc. Actually, old Luke, you could run fetchmail and pull your mail and such down from Shellworld if you wanted to do that, but you will want internet access eventually. Yes, Janina is right about this sort of thing, a computer without internet access is indeed like a car without wheels. Now, calm down kids and quit fighting! We don't have any bandages or anticeptic here, and I really don't want to go to the store to buy any tonight! Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT