Hey thanks heaps for the cURL version! Thats definately got me one step further now as I am no longer getting the "URL file access disabled on server" error in the error_log.

But unfortunately for me too it still is not working.... I'm still thinking hosting server prob but I really don't know enough to troubleshoot the prob - just seems to be working for some and not others?

You probably already know but here is the error I now get in my error_log just in case it can help!

[24-Jan-2007 21:54:48] PHP Warning: file(http://drc.edeliver.com.au/ratecalc....0&Quantity=1): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/houseof/public_html/shop/includes/modules/shipping/auspost.php on line 84
[24-Jan-2007 21:54:48] PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/houseof/public_html/shop/includes/modules/shipping/auspost.php on line 85

If you find a fix I'd love to know!

Dan.