No. MySql, Postgres, Sybase, Oracle, etc. provide C, Java, etc. APIs. DBI is a generic Perl API for database access, and DBD::mySQL, DBD::Sybase, etc provide mappings between the DBI API and the vendors C API.

Okay, so DBI, is basically something that is inbetween Perl and SQL (or some other style of Database interaction)?

Sorry for how OT this is going, but now I want to figure this out, or it will drive me nuts.

As for email - well I think you're mixing up a lot of different stuff...

That was mostly to demostraight how easily I can get confused when multiple protocals are thrown at something, and appear to be used at the same time. I will tell you right now, that I can guaruntee I mixed up some acronyms in there

(Yes, I know this doesn't help my case, but well, it will help me :) )