Lynch ,
Thank you for your assistance. I finally got my MSN , Yahoo, AIM and Icq all working now

. I a trillian user, because I hate excess windows. So the Gaim was something I really wanted to use. I did get the yahoo working by the way, I figured out the person typing to me has to use a True Type Font. but that's besides the point
I now have all my accounts in Gaim .059 and I like it better.
Thank you
Cynthia.
P.S. Do you know how if there are any pop-up killers for Mandrake 9.1?