Its one of those things that we know is a problem but haven't got around to clean up the code. Will remove the use of the syslog API in 2.8.0 Sai-Lai -- Sai-Lai Lo S.Lo@uk.research.att.com AT&T Laboratories Cambridge WWW: http://www.uk.research.att.com 24a Trumpington Street Tel: +44 1223 343000 Cambridge CB2 1QA Fax: +44 1223 313542 ENGLAND