would you care to elaborate a little bit on 204.153.244.171, please? i plug that ip address in my browser and only get a message back saying page contains no data; i ran a nslookup on that ip address, which returned a name 'host171.octanews.net' ; when i use *that* in my browser, all i get is a message back saying 'host171.octanews.net' could not be found .... tia
====================== /s/ tuco bonno graduate, College of Conflict Management, University of Southeast Asia. "I partied on the Ho Chi Minh trail" >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28-Jun-05 03:51:13 >>> Steve (C), if you still need a newsserver, there are a number of totally free newsservers around on the internet, no subscription needed, usually no posting allowed, but you don't need this since you must post via email. If you need one, Google for "free newsservers", there are lists maintained by hobbiests (as there are hobbiests for anything you can think of on the internet). At the moment I use 204.153.244.171 already for a year or so. Kees. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

