Larry, Many many thanks for the prompt reply. Have put it in - lets see what happens :) Paul Larry Smith wrote: > I use "route add -host x.y.z.k reject" > to tell the box to stop talking to an IP. You can also use iptables > with "iptables -A INPUT --source x.y.z.k -j DROP" replacing the x.y.z.k > above with desired IP address to block. > >