> Hi, I'm using RC8 - which seems much more stable than 
> earlier versions - but I've noticed that although I've 
set 
> a max number of connections - 3 - under flow control 
> HTTrack reports up to 4 connections being open during a 
> mirror.

Well, on certain mirrors, httrack has to do a supplemental 
request for testing links ; and therefore it is possible 
that you have N+1 connections. (this is true when an 
unknown file type is encountered, or during redirect loops)