Hi Tino; I hadn't been aware of dbmail, and I will have to further check this out. I started with tpop3d because I found it to be extensible (I can also write a driver to authenticate against the HERMES database itself, if I so desire), compact, and the code easy to read. It would, however, be nice to avoid worrying about SMTP and IMAP servers as well, though.
One thing I noticed about DBMAIL was that it didn't seem to have many docs on their site. Maybe I will have to download it and play with it though. See how easy it would be to extend. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend