Actually, it's a fairly common ICQ error when access is through a NAT or proxy. There are various "fixes" for it - some work, some don't. :) Start with enabling keep connection alive. If you can navigate the icq site, there are some other things that may help if keep alive doesn't do it - like different options on the proxy settings page of icq but I can't remember all of them and it looks like they redesigned the site - navigation there is the pits as always. -----Original Message----- Maybe you need to drop more coins in the slot? :-) Never heard of this error. Tom www.isaserver.org/shinder Thomas W Shinder, M.D., MCSE, MCT -----Original Message----- From: Alexander [mailto:sbudkin@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:40 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] ICQ wrote: "Rate limit exceeded" when try to connect! HELP! http://www.ISAserver.org Hi all! Help me please i have a dial-up connection to the internet. Win2k server and Isa server install. With ISA server computer ICQ connect without problems, but from a computer in a local network when tries to connect, writes the following:"Rate limit exceeded". What to me to undertake?