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It was not obvious how to turn off html, so I selected UTF-8 option for gmail...hopefully the e-mail(s) will be more readable. Stripped configuration still yields: Jun 11 16:34:12 dns1 postfix/master[3308]: reload configuration /etc/postfix Jun 11 16:34:12 dns1 postfix/smtpd[4165]: connect to subsystem private/proxymap: Connection refused Jun 11 16:34:12 dns1 postfix/smtpd[4165]: warning: connect #9 to subsystem private/proxymap: Connection refused Jun 11 16:34:22 dns1 postfix/smtpd[4165]: connect to subsystem private/proxymap: Connection refused Jun 11 16:34:22 dns1 postfix/smtpd[4165]: warning: connect #10 to subsystem private/proxymap: Connection refused Jun 11 16:34:32 dns1 postfix/smtpd[4165]: connect to subsystem private/proxymap: Connection refused Jun 11 16:34:32 dns1 postfix/smtpd[4165]: fatal: connect #11 to subsystem private/proxymap: Connection refused Jun 11 16:34:33 dns1 postfix/master[3308]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 4165 exit status 1 Jun 11 16:34:33 dns1 postfix/master[3308]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Postfinger now says: dns1:/etc/postfix# /home/bill/postfinger.sh postfinger - postfix configuration on Thu Jun 11 16:41:01 PDT 2009 version: 1.30 --System Parameters-- mail_version = 2.3.8 hostname = dns1 uname = Linux dns1 2.6.18-6-k7 #1 SMP Tue May 5 01:21:08 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux --Packaging information-- looks like this postfix comes from deb package: postfix-2.3.8-2+etch1 --main.cf non-default parameters-- alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no body_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/body_checks debug_peer_level = 5 header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/header_checks mailbox_size_limit = 0 mime_header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/mime_header_checks mydestination = mail.light-family.com, localhost, localhost.localdomain myhostname = mail.light-family.com mynetworks = 66.124.156.120/29, 127.0.0.0/8 [::1]/128 myorigin = $mydomain nested_header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/nested_header_checks smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 --master.cf-- smtp inet n - n - - smtpd -v -- end of postfinger output -- WTF am I doing wrong ??