Harry, This is open source. No one is paid to answer your e-mails. If no one answers the first time you mail a question, the risk of getting an answer the second time is not higher, but lower. By mailing the same mail as many times as you have, to as many lists as you have, you just irritate people and make it even less propable that you will get any help in the future. If you don't get an answer on the list, try paid support. There are many people out there that can help you if you contract them. I've answered you many times when I've known the answer. If everyone of us would answer "I don't know" every time a question we can't answer is sent to the list, the list would soon be useless. That's why people do not answer mails that they either do not understand, or don't have an answer or simply don't care about since there are other things to do. The way you act, you irritate a lot of people and reduce the risk of you getting free help next time you have a question we can answer. Best regards, /Olle

harry gaillac <gaillacharry(a)yahoo.fr> wrote: Harry, Others have tried to explain it too you, but I don't think you fully understand. Maybe it is a language issue. Your follow-up posts come across as demanding. When I read your posts, I feel like you are criticizing people for not having responded to you. It is like you feel they have done something wrong. This probably isn't what you mean, but that is how it seems. Here is a technique that you might try: If nobody responds to your post, respond to it yourself, but ONLY if you have something meaningful to add. Don't just say the same thing. Your second post should be something like: "Since I last posted, I have tried X, Y, and Z. The results were as follows. Any help would be appreciated." I hope you find this helpful. If not, feel free to ignore it. Doug -- Doug Meredith (doug.meredith(a)systemguard.com) SystemGuard - Oracle remote support 877-974-8273 (87-SYSGUARD) 506-854-7997 www.systemguard.com