> Each time my webserver needs to "nudge" one of the other > applications then I guess I should start a thread to do this.
Why do you need a thread? If you call connect to open a socket to the other application, it will eventually give a connect event with fail or success, from which you can trigger some other action if necessary. Look in OverbyteIcsWebAppServerMailer.pas which uses illustrates sending email from a web page, using a series of events. Angus -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be