I am no expert on perl but i am ( and will probably stay) on a dialup connection. So if you use Open Transport PPP you could set it to disconnect if idle. Somewhere in "Options" I have been using this setup ( set to 2 min) while using Claris Emailer. The connection gets closed if it is no longer in use. i hope my suggestion is helpful for you . Stefan -- Stefan Breuer Email : stefan.breuer2@post.rwth-aachen.de # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org