Hi What would cause Xymon to endlessly write this in the notes.log-file: 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#6/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#7/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#8/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#9/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#10/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#11/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#12/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#13/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#14/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#15/*, metacount=4 2012-01-04 16:35:50 Dropping message type @@dropstate#16/*, metacount=4 ... Could it be a hostname with an underscore in the name or similar? Regards, Carl Melgaard