Tim: >> I mentioned MSN specifically, as in the past, I had cause to resolve >> that problem. Microsoft, at that time, did not make public what you >> needed to do, the only information was third party, and incorrect. >> Later on, I did find some information from Microsoft about it, but it >> didn't work. Scott van Looy: > Never ever had a problem with this or finding out what I needed to > from the 'net. port80 originally, then port 443 and 80 when they > decided to turn on SSL. That and 1863 for the initial handshake - > which has always been fairly well documented as far as I can see, I've > found references to this going back at least 4 years in a brief > search ;) Then try the other bits - file transfers working in both directions, audio, video... Didn't work as the advice advised. -- (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.