You probably can't check them all at once, because you might overload the computer and/or the network. Start a couple of worker threads, and let them check the proxies one at a time. If you search for SynchronisedQueue, you will find a class that I wrote a while back. You can use it to let the threads get one task at a time from a common queue, and to let all the threads return the results to the main thread. Despite everything, the person most likely to be fooling you next is yourself.

Buckleyindahouse wrote: why this may be happening. I'm using 9Rays.net Obfuscation. Try contacting 9Rays and see what they say. "The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer "Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon "Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham

Joshua, Your email address is bouncing. It is the gmail.com account. Re-email me with a valid address. Brian

You were clear until you started abbreviating the word "obfuscate". Believe me - you have time to type the entire word. "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 ----- "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

Each thread has to go through a list of names connecting to the internet. So I didn't wanna use 1 thread to do like 4000 names that would be slow.