The BitchX on my system works fine for most of my accounts. One account is not able to connect to any of the IRC servers on any IRC nets. The user and the client go with an IP address that does not exist. Connecting to port 6667 of server irc.efnet.org [refnum 0] Closing Link: user1[~[EMAIL PROTECTED]] irc.concentric.net (No authorization: -2) Connection closed from irc.efnet.org: Success I do not know how the IP address 129.37.44.109 came about. I have recompiled my BitchX and the same problem persists. I have deleted ~/user1/.BitchX and it still continues. My system has squid but it is only for caching purposes. There is no IRC related blocks. Any pointers appreciated. TIA. Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ => Time is relative. Here is a new way to look at time. <= http://www.smcinnovations.com ************ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org