On 2011年4月25日 23:18:05 +0200, Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915 at spamschutz.glglgl.de> wrote: : That is right, but I cannot see where he mentions the "direction" of the : socket. My fist thought was that he tries to have a server socket... Quite right. I thought it was implied by the need to bind :-) Sorry for the lack of detail. -- :-- Hans Georg