it is possible it is down but when I go to install DBI I get the following error:
cpan> install DBI CPAN: Storable loaded ok Going to read /Users/robert/.cpan/Metadata Running install for module DBI The module DBI isn't available on CPAN. Either the module has not yet been uploaded to CPAN, or it is temporary unavailable. Please contact the author to find out more about the status. Try 'i DBI'. cpan> When I first started the cpan shell I chose the easy "no" to let it try to autoconfigure itself. Could that be the problem? Or is it currently not available? Robert