Hi Luke, Hi Julian Reading the newsgroup comp.protocols.ppp i got the following log entry : current newsgroup now comp.protocols.ppp : article 5493 : article.c:77:No such file or directory: badly formed article head comp/protocols/ppp/5493 and my newreader stops. article.c:77 is 'static bool crosspost'. It seems that you didn't use the boolean result (at article.c:712 and 714) so the newsreader is waiting for the article. Is this correct? Until soon Frank =========================================================================== Frank Schnekenbuehl Tel.: +49 7545 8 - 4768 Department: ND251 FAX : +49 7545 8 - 3006 Nortel Dasa Network Systems GmbH EMAIL: Frank@ComSys.DoFN.De ===========================================================================