i'm using a modified version of dns. i found that aktomi redirections too unreliable. even so, i still get crashes, which have become more frequent in recent weeks. i've attached a copy of "restartdns" which is ment to be called from cron on short intervals. contrib quanstro/ndb has the whole nine yards. one of these days i will redo dns with a better (and maintainable) structure. :-). but please beat me to it. - erik