Matt, Thanks for the quick (Saturday even) reply. It appears that the server the site is hosted on does not allow telnet access. Is there an alternative (can I set the password portion up using a different server) or do I have to find a non .htaccess option. thanks again, warren wordsandpictures.com > From: "Warden, Matt" <mwarden at odyssey-design.com> > Reply-To: thelist at lists.evolt.org > Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:28:47 -0500 > To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org> > Subject: Re: [thelist] password protection > > The best way to do things, IMO, it to use .htaccess > > mattwarden > mattwarden.com