Hi. I thought I'd just refresh people about how to update nodenames on their machines with the latest information in the most simple way for different OSes. The basic information can be read at http://mim.stupi.net/hecdb.htm. Note that there are specific files in the appropriate form already prepared for most any OS, so you do not need to grab MIM::HECNET:NODENAMES.DAT and do a bunch of parsing and processing yourself. Doing that is just making something simple more complicated on your side. If you have need for other formats of the data, or spot something that could be made smarter/better, just let me know and we can work together to get whatever is needed. The different files mentioned in http://mim.stupi.net/hecdb.htm are all automatically generated whenever any change to the nodename database are done. The actual database is in Datatrieve-11, and then I have a makefile under RSX to generate all the different files. Doing changes to the content of a file, or adding new files with other content/formats are very easy for me. Also, the mailing out to people with a notice when the database change are also automated, and if anyone wants to be notified when the database change, just let me know. However, at this time, there are some issues with delivering mails to users of gmail. Google is not accepting mails from Mim, because SPF and DKIM is not setup for Mim. I should ping Peter about this, but until that is resolved, be aware that mails from Mim to gmail might not get though. Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt(a)softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol