Greetings! I am looking for a solution to send a dynamic
email using XML. I'd like for the email message to
contain a link to an XML document that sits on a server
and format the email based on that document. Has anyone
ever heard of way to do this?

If I understand what you are trying to accomplish I don't think it's possible. First let me paraphrase what I understand the questions to be through.

You want to send an email that contains an html href link which points to an xml page. You then want the xml to format the email like the xml document is some type of .ini file.

The problem with this logic is that email works like an ascii text document and is interpreted by the recieving client. Any XML documents referenced in the email is either just a link to the XML document or an attachment. Either way, the end user has recieved the email and it cannot be modified after it has been recieved.

It is entirely possible that I missed the point of your question and I am totally off base.

Well, I think you've mostly got it. Do you ever remember a product called Zaplet? If not, here's a description: http://java.sun.com/features/2000/06/zaplets.html - this is essentially what I want to do. I'm working on an email news letter that will send out headlines, weather and traffic reports to subscribers. My goal is for the email to not become stale - so whenever it is opened it always shows the latest headlines. The email client would, of course, have to use HTML. But, all the tricks I've thought of have beend disabled as security risks in, at least, Outlook. I thought of doing a link to a dynamic javascript that writes the headlines in, but that is a no-no for security reasons. I also thought of using an Iframe, but that also is a no-no. It just seems like there should be some way to grab content off the Internet in an HTML email??