No. You can use the MAPIMail instead of Outlook.Application object.

loMail=CreateObject("MAPIMail")
lnRead=loMail.ReadMail(parameters)

I can't remember the parameters offhand, there is a help file with it. Once done, you just loop through the messages with loMail.GetNextMessage() etc.

>I hope you are saying:
>oOlApp = GETOBJECT("Application.Outlook")
>then issue your MAPImail receive command
>then work with the new MailItems in Outlook's InBox.
>
>If that is true, then I am set.
>
>Thanks,
>Carol Dewar