Subj : Win2K Pro TCP/IP traffic To : Lawrence Garvin From : Ross Cassell Date : Wed Sep 18 2002 07:27 am Hello Lawrence! 17 Sep 02 18:49, you wrote to All: LG> But.. I am curious.. what exactly is MSMessenger trying to do that my LG> firewall is not allowing it to do? Hazarding a guess... Letting MSN's servers know that you are online and what your chat availability is? (Away, available, DND) Checking for the presence of any new mail in your MSN/HOTMAIL mailbox? == Ross BBS -> http://www.the-estar.com - telnet://the-estar.com rosscassell@mailshell.com | ICQ = 5305939 .... Are you a resident of Wankerville? --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-20020104 * Origin: The Eastern Star (1:123/456) .