Kristopher, I read and re-read his post and I am pretty sure MACscr was referring to a different scenario. Furthermore, until Matt's post, there was no indication or mention of the files involved in the piping process and whether it could be seperated from main script and put into seperate server.
What you just mentioned is EXACTLY what I was trying to point out from the start..about how cerberus, kayako etc allows users to seperate the piping function and allow it to be located on a seperate server.
If that was MACscr's original proposal, then I apologise.
Matt, thanks for the heads-up..Will try it now.