No one has yet mentioned the origianl TCPIP package which included sample DIRECT statements for each machine and these samples included CLASS A for each machine.
The command to end SMTP is CP SM SMTP SHUTDOWN. I was logged onto the SMTP machine for debugging and I entered the SHUTDOWN command incorrectly and you can guess the rest. The directory classes were then promptly changed. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 46 years mailto:f...@zvm.sru.edu http://zvm.sru.edu/~fjh +1.724.738.2153 "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" --------------------------------------------------------------------------