hi! 1. when syncing mail from one machine to another, right now I shut down sendmail copy the mail over then service sendmail start. Wondering if I just couldn't shut down port 25? If so how to shut down and open ports in a script? 2. Is there anyway to log out/logon users in a script? 3.ugg now that I'm here, I can't think of the other things. At least I know how not to think! thx John Rose -- ...and I woke up 2 days later, in the back yard, talkin to Elvis!