It was said about IMAP versus POP mail: >Perhaps those folks should use an implementation that can manipulate mail >offline and then sync with the server later. Dan says: The group I know have an information technology group which raid and confiscate anything they don't install. They terrorize everyone in this huge fortune 100 company, and if they don't run the approved software they delete everything. They only allow IMAP (not POP), and its all connection oriented. The idea is this is more secure. But ultimately, obviously, people can screen capture and/or print anything, somehow. Then it can be reabsorbed in digital form; (scan, etc). I guess I realize, nearly by definition, you could make an offline/online IMAP implementation. I think POP is awefully functional though. If it just had passwords not in the clear, and a better way to defer big attachments, I think it would be nearly perfect protocol/service. For home and casual use though POP is cool. You can only expect so much from it. And with the extensions it can do a lot. There must be a pure 'push' email protocol either in the works or done, is't there? Regs Dan