> 5.16 (which is slated to become the default if I recall correctly). > 5.18 has some interesting backwards incompatibilities. Perl modules p5-Mail-SpamAssassin and security/amavisd-new with their plethora of dependency modules both run fine under perl 5.18.1 from ports (as well as with 5.18.0 and 5.17.9). Mark