Thanks Par, so please answer another question: what does the number after the call mean? ie: WB5CON:72 or WB5CON:71 (the :72 or :71). thanks again, eddie --- On Sun, 10/19/08, Pär Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Pär Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [pskmail] Re: pings.log question To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 10:30 AM Hi Eddie, I'll answer these in reverse. Regarding 2: I looked through arq.pm and log_ping is called in numerous places. If you are a server then it logs frames that are of interest for the server. It will log pings, unproto email, aprs messages and connect requests. It will not log connects to other servers. Regarding 1: Yes, when it logs it will read what is in the file and modify a line from a certain call if its in there already. If its in there then it will increase the number, if not then it prints 1. 73 de Per, sm0rwo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com