How about IMAP4 for the protocol for real-time/ interactive EDI instead of HTTP or SMTP? Do we need to bone up on what IMAP4 is before saying yes or know. (I have added Dave Crocker, the all around SMTP/IMAP expert to this message's distribution. Dave any thoughts?) Later, Rik Rik Drummond Drummond Group 5008 Bentwood CT. Ft. Worth, Texas 76132 USA 817.294.7339