http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-ws/2001Jul/0022.html which references; http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-phtt/ which locates the specification at; http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-phtt/httprspecV2.pdf Oh man, where to begin bashing this monstrosity? I know a company that could specify reliable message delivery over HTTP in a sentence or two. MB