That's so cool. I wish my isp had taken care of this. I was left with an almost-empty bag of stuff. I have a hunch this will save me enormous headache. With 1000 thanks. (Now, on to configuring httpd.conf for perl) :) /m You might consider using the one that's already built..... mod_perl is packaged in the rt-3.4.3 repository http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=114