hi, it's justin hatch I learned you can use telnet to look up information, get software, and you can also use it for communication. The place I figured this out from is http://www.luc.edu/resources/vo/vocat/teluse.html I practiced telnet at telnet://134.4.10.106 Basically I just used this telnet to look up information someone's paper. It was a little strange. I'd love to comment on someone else's postings to our listserv, but it appears as if i'm the only one in the class.