Hello Paul, > well, I listen and learn from everyone.
We all do :-) > Sometimes I learn what NOT to do, othertimes I learn what works:) In > your case it seems to work, so.. Well, I gave you my argument that you cannot open or "read" a file if it hasn't been previously written.... > anyway, even with AVAST internet mail turned off, it still affected TB > getting mail, so I had to stop the AVAST resident scanner, get mail, > then turn it back on. Avast seems to be a real problem intercepting and > affecting my capability of getting mail all the time. Maybe it is scanning *.tmp files. Or even *.TBB or *.TBI files. Can you exclude these extensions (or TB's mail directories) from scanning? (Just to test :)) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.01.3 Winamp OFF: ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.01.3 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html