In article <18EE3F8B.25E9CD50.10DAA8D5 at netscape.net>, werdnareid at netscape.net wrote; } the (news.err says === stdin activated socket couldent be read } AYTACK connection refused actived is gone for INN2.*. So, it should not be invoked from rc.news of 2.3.2 which you told you run. -- Katsuhiro Kondou