Yep, I hope they're well configured, since the chance of a security-problem-causing bug being cross platform among unix systems is certainly there. Anybody who runs outlook deserves what they get. Yes, that sounds strange coming from me -- and it includes me. I fully expect that this system -- poorly configured as it is with ridiculously terrible software -- will some day catch a "cold." I will just laugh and call in the corporate windows weenies when it happens. "No my job. man." That said, I am quite a bit more careful than the average person, and maybe that helps. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '