Thanks to all those on the list that recommended WVDIAL, I got ver. 1.20 installed it wrote three lines in wvdial.conf and here i am, brilliant, thanks again. Q.1 Why when using the same .config file for compiling kernels 2.0.35 2.0.36 and 2.2.0 is there such an enormous final size difference, so much so that the 2.2.0 ver needs the bz* option? Q.2 dmesg under 2.2.0 shows some lines about incompatibility between cuax and ttySx is this why the version of pppd that comes with 5.3 dist. doesnt work under 2.2.0? Newbie -> newbie tip if like me you are (were ) having problems with setting up the preferences for the ver. of netscape that comes with the 5.3 dist the 4.5 ver uses exactly the same entries as under win9.x and worked first time! Yes, I know there are other poblems with Netscape 4.5 but at least I can send and receive my mail now. byee. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>