> Bandwidth considerations mean that I have to download large files at
> work which goes through a firewall which bans 2401.

Reasonable. But our client-java module is not too big, so you might
try from home. If this is not an option, send me email (I'm using web
interface for this group and it does not show me your email) and I
will send you snapshot.

> I would be interested in seeing if there is anything I can do to
> help wrt the source but until I get it I'm a bit stymied. Then
> again, is it useful to have someone modifying code who hasn't got
> access to CVS?

Sure. This is the way to get CVS write access. You make some
modifications, changes, or improvements. If you do this more than
once, you get CVS write access :)

But before you get CVS write access, post your changes either here or
send directly to one of the developers with write access (if that's
JCA - to David Jencks, wire protocol - to Alejandro Alberola, JDBC -
me or Blas). We will check you patch and commit to CVS.

Best regards,
Roman Rokytskyy