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