Here's a timely article that confirms the Gmail outages. "For better or worse, Gmail is one of the poster children for Web-based applications. Millions of people use Gmail to manage their email and depend on Google to provide reliable access to their mail. The problem is, Google has had a few high-profile outages that should be causing some concern about hosting anything mission critical with the Internet giant." http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7542 -- Lee Parmeter http://www.bubbasgeek.com "When it comes to Vista: just say NO! If you're not ready for Linux, buy a MAC!" - Lee Parmeter "God is not a republican or a democrat nor is His government a democracy!" - Lee Parmeter ______________________________________________________________________________ Highland Lakes Linux User Group (HLLUG): http://www.hllug.org HLLUG mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/hllug