Telnet (short for TELecommunications NETwork) is as protocol intended to be used as a remote login service. The telnet program connects you computer to a server on a network (such as the Internet) and allows you to enter text commands that are then executed on the server console as if you were at that console. (From: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/Telnet.html) Quite some time ago, I used Telnet to MUD (a form of gaming) on a site called TimeWarp. The concept behind it is that you enter text commands that make your character move, fight, and interact with the ?world?. Each type of command has MANY different options. For instance, under interaction is a category called ?social poses?. By typing a single word, a sentence or so of text is automatically sent. An example of that might me typing ?groan? when your character (Cicel) is looking at another character (Endar) and the following comes up: ?Cicel groans pitifully at Endar?s horrible joke.? Ray Kurtis All thing being equal, the simplest answer is usually true. There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious fact. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com