>Unfortunately, the server cannot contact the v17 clients and tell them to >ditch their current assignments and get new ones. So only those that >are running low on work will get double-check assignments. Could it not tell the v17 client that report expected completion date that all is assignment as been done by someone else? This way, the client would wipe-out those exponent from the worktodo file and begin to ask for new work( except maybe the current exponent being done?) Perhaps the maximum value in reporting expected completion date should be brought back to about 2 weeks in case something like that happens again. regards, David Campeau Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm