On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:06:12 -0400, Steve Moffat <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Danny > > It's normally called store and forward. Where the email is stored at the > isp and is either pushed or pulled from the isp. OK, but the email is not being "retrieved" from the ISP's SMTP server. Rather, the client is telling the server "Hey, I am online now, talk to me baby, talk to me." to deliver (not retrieve) the queued email. ...D