Hi, Is it a bug in the WINE gethostbyname (WS_gethostbyname) implementation, where if the arg name is of string length 0, then it returns unsuccessful. I have experience this issue with a Windows program (Onkyo Nettune) where the hostname passed to gethostbyname is of length 0. (This seems to be a bug in the program itself). However, the program works okay in native Windows. There seems to be a check in the gethostbyname for a NULL arg name ... if(!name) ... But no check for ... if(!strlen(name)) .... I have tested the strlen check and it seems to work and satisfies the Windows program. Does the above make sense, as I am not a programmer? Not sure if this s bug in wine even though it implementation should be matching Windows native. Thanks, Phil -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/