Hi Alex, Bear in mind that the XP Firewall is for incoming traffic only. 3rd Party Firewalls usually block outgoing traffic as well. George.=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of alex-acts2v4 > Sent: 11 November 2004 16:13 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: cdex >=20 > Hi John and all, >=20 > I have the Windows SP2 firewall and it did not block it when=20 > I tried to connect so I had no problems there. >=20 >=20 > Alexander Shannon=20 >=20 > ** 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=20 > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >=20 =0AThis Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. ** 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