Completely reproducible for me. 1. Remove your ~/.eudc-options file. 2. Use customize to set some eudc option and save it. My options file looks like ;; This file was automatically generated by eudc.el (eudc-set-server "mbb1.ericsson.se" 'ldap t) (setq eudc-server-hotlist 'nil) (provide 'eudc-options-file) 3. Quit and start up another xemacs -vanilla 4. Click on Tools->Directory->Load Hotlist of Servers I get an infinite loop continually loading ~/.eudc-options. Don't know the cause but should be easy to find. Perhaps the features are set in time to prevent repeated loading. Ray