OK... 3Com has cancelled a post of mine in the totalservice user forums (news server access)... Posted a mention to the RAS group that the post had been cancelled. Few minutes later, I start getting timeouts on trying to connect to the totalservice news server. So I call the 888 number for the Rolling Meadows location, punch 1 (voice-mail directory), and punch in the name Laureys, for Lance Laureys and get connected to Mr. Laureys who seems to be the person at 3Com that runs the news server (his account was the account that posted the cancel message). (This narrative is from memory, so almost assuredly not exact quotes, but the gist of it is here) I asked Mr. Laureys why it is that I couldn't connect to the news server. Lance: How did you get my phone number? Me: I used the voice-mail directory system. (888)662-5010, option 1, spell the last name of the person you want Lance: Oh...well...how did you get my name? Me: Posts in the Totalservice User Forums Lance: Oh...well...your network has been blocked by our security group for telnet'ing to zircon, and for posting inappropriate material in various places. Me: I'm not sure what material that would be. Lance: Well, you'll need to call our security group at...actually...let me get your contact information and have them contact you. Me: Ok, Jeff McAdams, (502)966-3848 ext. 1153. Lance: OK Me: Thanks <click> -- Jeff McAdams Email: jeffm@iglou.com Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456 - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.