>>Did you give www.dart.com PowerMail component a shot?

I looked at Dart, but I have use Catalyst controls before and found their support A1 so thought I would give them a try.

>>For testing with an IMAP account, I signed up for a $20/year email account >>at www.fastmail.fm. If you're using an IMAP interface, then accessing an >>Exchange mailbox or a Fastmail mailbox should be identical.

Souns like a solid investment. My problem is that the IMAP test programme I wrote returns "invalid user" (or words to that effect) The Clients IT department is checking, but they move slower that a Snail going up hill!!

Gary.