Unrelated observation - if you want to check for an object existance, use
vartype(loObject) = 'O' and not type('loObject') = 'O' since the later check doesn't test if the object is Null or not.

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>I've have the pop3emailclass working and am happy with it, thanks.
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>I do have a problem though; I cant get the connection to deconnect.
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>In the screen destroy method I have the following code:
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>IF TYPE('loMail')='O' AND loMail.lConnected
> loMail.destroy()
>ENDIF
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>Get "Unknown member OSOCKET" for an error. Get same error when I Quit Foxpro without calling destroy!
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>Any ideas?