Hi Rick
(sorry - half asleep I just sent an empty answer - just ignore it).
Thanks for your answer! Though it was none of those suggestions I got nearer to the problem. With a lot of STRTOFILE's I found finally that the problem occurs (i.e. about 20 sec of waiting) while calling the GetDomainFromIp-Method of your WwIpStuff.Dll. Do you have any idea about it?

My webserver does not have a fixed IP but receives it's IP dynamically. Do you think this could be reason for the problem?

Looking forward to meet you at Frankfurt DevCon,

Yours Patrick