Well, it looks like the perl 5.60 version included with RedHat 7.0 beta is bad - upgrading to the latest RPM, perl 5.60-9 from the Red Hat Rawhide archives fixes the problem with running NewsClipper & network timeouts. --- ___ ___ / _ | / _ \ Ari Pollak - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.compwiz.nu / __ |/ ___/ ICQ #749825 - AOL IM: aripollak /_/ |_/_/ Choosy cats prefer Microsoft mice, 10 to 1. - If you would like to unsubscribe from this mailing list send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe newsclipperlist YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS" (without the quotes) or use the form provided at http://www.NewsClipper.com/TechSup.htm#MailingList.