Ok, ok I am a "one minute" perl expert now (sung to the tune of "I read the One Minute Manager Book today yeah yeah yeah baby baby" :p My first perl research and program called test.pl use Net::DNS; print Net::DNS->version, "\n"; the result of "perl test.pl" as expected was 0.48 Please keep the applause to a minimum please. Tens and twenties work better for me anyways... Oh, and I forgot, I won the lottery again today via an old email account and I am sharing. Anyone interested in paying the winner's fee for me? :p - rh -- Robert - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net