BR>> data   
    BR>> ;   
    BR>> Host,393,Cajun_Star,Lafayette_LA,Ben_Ritchey,000-0-0-0-0,300,CM,MO,X   
    BR>> X ,INA:c mech .dynip.com,IBN,IMI,IFT,ITN ;   
      
    RW>>       ^    ^   
    RW>>       ?    ?   
      
    RW>> This works?   
      
    ml> there are no spaces in the original... your reader did something to   
    ml> it to place them there...   
      
    RW> Host,393,Cajun_Star,Lafayette_LA,Ben_Ritchey   
    RW> cmech .dynip.com,IBN,IMI,IFT,ITN   
      
    RW> Go back and re-read the original.   
      
   i did specifically before i replied to you... your reader is placing spaces   
   where there are none in the original... they are not even there in the PKT   
   that brought the post from ben to this system...   
      
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