> > After mirroring operation is complete, instead of
> > images, all I get are the image placeholders
> (with
> > the ? mark).I have ensured that Relative and
> 
> Always check the logs carefully (hts-log.txt) ; in
> this case I suppose there is a warning telling you
> that the site's robots.txt are preventing you from
> downloading the /Assets directory. You can disable
> robots.txt in the Options settings, but use this
> feature with care (do not overload the remote server
> by using too large bandwidth settings, for
> example)
> 

It worked!

Thank you for that invaluable bit of advise.

Xavier, you rock!!