Its an interesting idea, I think an iappli may be a viable solution. You'd have to keep the iappli running and check for updates every hour or so. packet charges may be a problem though. On second thought, this may be more of a pull technology. David M. _________________________________________________________________ 友達と24時間ホットライン「MSN メッセンジャー」、今すぐダウンロード！ http://messenger.msn.co.jpReceived on Tue Aug 3 20:27:50 2004