This may be a non-issue to some, but I figure there may be others who can use the info. A while back some people were grousing about Cox blocking port 25 and disabling home mail servers. I found it annoying because that made it harder to test scripts that automatically send email. Anyway, I found a very practical explanation for getting around the problem using Postfix under Mandrake. The explanation should suffice for most anyone who uses Postfix, including under RH. It works on my system. Here's the link: http://rpgoldman.real-time.com/postfix-linux.html --Phil M.