something *very* strange is going on. the worldnic servers have been giving delayed or no results for days now. and nsi is hoping we and the wsj/nyt won't notice. i don't think this roam.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> doc -p -w worldnic.net Doc-2.1.4: doc -p -w worldnic.net Doc-2.1.4: Starting test of worldnic.net. parent is net. Doc-2.1.4: Test date - Mon Apr 25 14:20:45 HST 2005 ;; res_nsend: Protocol not supported DIGERR (UNKNOWN): dig @a.gtld-servers.net. for NS of worldnic.net. failed ;; res_nsend: Protocol not supported DIGERR (UNKNOWN): dig @b.gtld-servers.net. for NS of worldnic.net. failed is the worldnic problem, but could be. but it is a problem. (i generally ignore b root issues). but it's probably time for us all to dump symptoms here and figure it out as a community, as the dog with the bone ain't 'fessing up. randy