Unless your modem does something odd when it connects, yeah poff should send the hang-up command. Try following the files poff calls and see if one of them is not doing its job. Most modems hangup on an 'ATH'. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .