RussellMc wrote: > "Some manufacturers" have a strong tendency to provide data paths into > their systems and little or no path out. The highly creative also tend > to obfuscate formats and make it hard to cleanly separate individual > records. But, I know you know that. I know of one case where the site was supposedly running a Exchange server, and internal people could fetch mail via POP3 using clients of their choice= .. Maybe there was some extra bolt-on software not from Microsoft on the Exchange server, but I was told that POP3 merely had to be "enabled". Lots of chance for garbled information between actually and what I heard, though= .. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .