The metaserver has to resist attacks, and so it has limited trust in the information provided by servers or clients. At the moment, it will list a temporary clue server for a fair while, because we lack a mechanism to determine when the server should be removed. We can't add a "remove me" mechanism, since we have no way of knowing if it came from a legitimate source. Here's a new method ... in the original initial solicitation, if we change the protocol to add a flag that says "expire this within hours", and change the metaserver to client protocol accordingly, ... just like a DNS time to live concept. -- James Cameron mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org http://quozl.netrek.org/