Do you allow fsockopen on stevie? maybe some ports are blocked. :-( please help me to sort out my problem. Can I PM any admin about the actual port I need (maybe ports are blocked for security reasons. So I didn't post the actual port)? I can explain. It is Important. Thank you. Warning : fsockopen() [ function.fsockopen ]: unable to connect to foo.bar.com:1234 (Connection timed out) in /home1/ souravin/public_html/foobar in line 1234