In article <yam7735.538.132995264@mailhost.portal.ca>, "B. Bogart" <bbogart@iname.com> writes: > ''Connect atdt555-2321'' (but the proper number for my ISP) That can't work of course. It should propably look like this: '' ATZ OK ATDT555-2321 CONNECT You must start with an expect string. Regards -- Matthias Scheler http://home.owl.de/~tron/