>Thank you Victor & John >Unfortunatluy my question is not to send a mail via gmail. >i want to query my gmail inbox periodically for all mails received (contents as list or cursor or feeds for ex....). >with a timer or scheduler this list can be fired as alert on my PC....all controled from vfp9 >Actually this is done in windows10 in information center (if enabled) (icon on right of the traybar). >i googled and found this link (PHP ): https://davidwalsh.name/gmail-php-imap