Hi I've read this thread with some interest (only top posting because nothing I have to say is directly relevant to what has gone before). Is there a client/server method of doing this? What I mean is running an "app" which downloads email via (for example) SMTP and then makes it available via (for example) POP3 or something similar to the Outlook \ Exchange relationship, to other machines on the network or even externally. Regards Paul Paul Grenyer email: paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx web: http://www.paulgrenyer.co.uk articles: http://www.paulgrenyer.dyndns.org/articles/ I put my hand upon the lever, said let it rock and let it roll.