Hi John and all, I have the Windows SP2 firewall and it did not block it when I tried to connect so I had no problems there. Alexander Shannon ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq