I may not have the only answer... but it sort of can be done. First a little discussion,.
Email is delivered to an email client, via pop3, imap, or exchange protocal

usually the email client is connected to the email server, and notifies the email client there is email waiting to be read..

so my first though would be to have the email client (outlook ie) be programmed to view for a dbf file attachment and the your email client process a conversation on the dbf, into your database when the email arrives...
This is what can be done with

http://www.ornic.com/actions/casavemsg.shtml

The other option would be to set a special email account on your sever, which would be read directly from your vfp application to have vfp directly download the emails, and process them, using vfp as a email client itself, that would require that you build the necessary imap communication scripts to talk with your server, using microsoft internet transfer control (active x control). it can be done, as imap or pop 3 commands are really not that diffucult to program, but getting it all to work. migh be large task.

Bob Lee

>Is it possible to build an application in VFP so that
> I can receive e-mails directly in a .DBF file ?
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> Is there a exemple on how to do such a thing ?
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> Thanks
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> Moisés