>I am searching a function for send and receive mails from an VFP application. It must be run timely every hours.

THere are two ACtiveX components that let you control MAPI Simple Clients like OE and Exhcange, check those out, and maybe Nigel Coates' MAPI Class which is just a wrapper for them.

Also, Doug Hennig wrote some MAPI Articles for FoxTalk lately if you really want to know whats going on.